“A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.”– Niccolo Machiavelli Related Quotes “The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they’re going to do better. That’s why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There’s nobody I don’t say that to.”– Benjamin Carson “I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.”– Francois Hollande “The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.”– Martin Van Buren