# State and Society, Part 3

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/state-and-society-part-3>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** August 17, 2016

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George H. Smith, drawing from Machiavelli’s The Prince, discusses two essential ingredients of successful states.

[Originally published in essay form on December 17, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/state-society-part-3)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._