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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 lukewarm defenders in all
those who would profit by the new order. This lukewarmness arising
partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their
favor; and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly
believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it."
-Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Prince", Chapter 6, 1537