“For the hereditary prince has less
cause and less necessity to offend; hence it happens that he will be more
loved; and unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated, it is reasonable
to expect that his subjects will be naturally well disposed towards him; and in
the antiquity and duration of his rule the memories and motives that make for
change are lost…”
Niccolò Machiavelli?
Of course it is; Il Principe, chapter-II, De principatibushereditariis....
