 | 1844 - 368 pages
...correct when he stated in The Prince that the initiation of a new order was an extremely difficult task : "There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor...new order of things. For the reformer has enemies i" all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the... | |
 | 1922 - 754 pages
...necessary in a country famed for its administration of Criminal Justice? There is nothing more dillicult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more...to handle than to initiate a new order of things. And it is in the nature of man to be prejudiced against any scheme which lie foresees may involve him... | |
 | Darrell L. Ward, Edward N. Kazarian - 1971 - 64 pages
...the "ants" is eliminated. Machiavelli, in the 15th century, said, "There is nothing more difficult of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things." Nothing good comes easily, but with time, encouragement, help, and understanding, true and effective... | |
 | J. Kenneth Davies, Colin Wright - 1975 - 636 pages
...aspects of implementation is obtained from Machiavelli ' s Prince. In that treatise Machiavelli states : There is nothing more difficult to carry out , nor...order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.... | |
 | George E. Miller - 1976 - 260 pages
...As I make these, perhaps, nonconf orming suggestions, I am not unmindful of Machiavelli ' s warning: "There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor...to handle than to initiate a new order of things. " THE PROBLEM OF SELECTION Critique and Challenge Arthur J. Snider Discussion Initiator Mr. Arthur... | |
 | Joseph E. Stiglitz - 2003 - 722 pages
...highly vocal vested interests. That was Albert Hirschman over forty years ago (see Hirschman 1961,61). new order of things. For the reformer has enemies...only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.... Thus it arises that on every opportunity for attacking the reformer, his opponents... | |
 | Tim Scott - 2003 - 164 pages
...nature to strongly resist attempts to change them. Machiavelli was not exaggerating when he observed that: There is nothing more difficult to carry out,...to handle, than to initiate a new order of things' (Machiavelli, 1992). However, the opposite could equally be true — that nothing endangers an organisation... | |
 | Paul Niewenhuis, Peter Wells - 2003 - 282 pages
...POWERSHIFT: www.est-powershift.org.uk. THE AIR CAR: www.mdi.lu. Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor...to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. (N. Machiavelli, 1513, cited by Lane, 2002) 7.1 The car industry goes for the hard cell On the face... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger - 2003 - 692 pages
...35. Behind the Mask 574 Notes 589 Index 641 THE AGE OF ROOSEVELT The Coming of the New Deal 1933-5935 There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor...to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. — MACHIAVELLI 1. Prologue: The Hundred Days SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1933. "This nation asks for action,... | |
 | Hannah Arendt - 2003 - 644 pages
...order of things" altogether; that is, they were spared the one action of which Machiavelli once said that "there is nothing more difficult to carry out,...nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle."63 And Machiavelli surely must have known, for he, like Robespierre and Lenin and all the great... | |
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It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only... 
