In "The Prince" he wrote, "It is far safer to be feared than loved"
[DOC] [TLE] Niccol Machiavelli - Wikiquote [PAR] 1.1 The Prince (1513); 1.2 Discourses on Livy (1517); 1.3 The Art of War (1520) ... 
if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.