It Is a Thing of Bad Example Not to Observe a Law [that is] Made, and Most of All by the Author of It

«Rulers should obey the law they themselves have made or supported. Savoranola violated this rule, thereby showing himself to be ambitious and partisan and ruining his reputation. The title of the chapter in the Discourses [by Machiavelli] that recounts this incident begins, "It Is a Thing of Bad Example Not to Observe a Law [that is] Made, and Most of All by the Author of It...." The chapter itself unwinds the theme: "I do not believe that there is a thing of worse example in a republic than to make a law and not observe it; and all the more when it is not observed by whoever made it."»

—Sebastian de Grazia, Machiavelli in Hell, p. 107 


 Alas, it is evident that Barack Hussein Obama Jr, constitutional lawyer by name only, snorted through his Ivy League education and heeds not republican values.