Chanakya Quotes

Chanakya Politician Quotes

Chanakya is considered as the pioneer of the field of economics and political science and his work is thought of as an important precursor to Classical Economics. Chanakya the Great politician (Sanskrit: चाणक्य Cāṇakya) (c. 370–283 BCE) was a teacher to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (c. 340–293 BCE) – the first emperor in the archaeologically recorded history to rule the complete Indian Subcontinent. Chanakya is generally considered to be the architect of Chandragupta’s rise to power at a young age. Traditionally, he is also identified by the names Kautilya and Vishnu Gupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise called Arthasastra.  This introduction about Chanakya is via source Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya Below are some of the famous quotes by Chanakya a Politician … “A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.” Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC) *************************************************** “Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.” Chanakya quotes [...]

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