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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

— Cardinal Richelieu

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Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings.

To mislead a rival, deception is permissible; one may use all means against his enemies.

Artifice is allowable in deceiving a rival, we may employ everything against our enemies.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

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