Source Material Used: For the actions of a new prince are more narrowly observed than those of an hereditary one, and when they are seen to be able they gain more men and bind far tighter than blood; because men are attracted more by the present than by the past, and when they find the present good they enjoy it and seek no further; they will also make the utmost defense for a prince if he fails them not in other things.
Citation: Machiavelli, Niccolo. "Chapter XXIV." The Prince. 1515. Trans. Luigi Ricci. Revised by E. R. P. Vincent. New York: Modern Library, 1950. Print.
Student Usage: Machiavelli said that "men are attracted more by the present than by the past," (50).
Is this plagiarism?
Group of answer choices
No
Yes