When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

Although deceit is detestable in all other things, yet in the conduct of war it is laudable and honorable; and a commander who vanquishes an enemy by stratagem is equally praised with one who gains victory by force.

Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.