by Machiavelli
...From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved morr than feared, or feared more than loved. The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved, if one of the two has to be wanting.
...And men have less scruple in offending one who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared; for love is held by a chain of obligation which, men beign selfish, is broken whever it serves theri purpose; but fear is maintained by a dread of punishment which never fails.
Taken from an excerpt of THE PRINCE, basically the first poli sci textbook ever written.
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