The facebook page cites philosophers like machiavelli , kant and john stuart mill .
其facebook的页面上引用了马基雅弗利,康德和约翰斯图尔特米尔等哲学家的名言。
From plots in the senate against caesar in ancient rome to machiavelli in renaissance italy , jealousy , cliques , sycophants and nepotism have been rife .
In a recent speech , he quoted machiavelli 's precept that " a return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man " .