Article: The good and the ugly

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By Ed Tait

The course was called 'Great Political Thinkers' and, if you must know the truth, better than two decades later just one recollection of the subject remains:

As great political thinkers go, it says here Plato is the perfect cure for insomnia and Machiavelli, well, he just simply kicks ass and takes names.

We bring this up as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ready to meet the Montreal Alouettes tonight in what is a critical contest for the home side. And we bring this up because there is a quote from Machiavelli -- an Italian diplomat, musician and playwright from the 15th century -- that stuck with us all ...

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