Machiavelli

Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli was an aristocrat who was put in a prison because people thought he committed crime against the government. While he was in prison he had to support himself by being a writer. Machiavelli wrote about how a prince, or ruler, must maintain his power. Machiavelli’s views revolved around the ideas that one must do anything within his power to keep the influence and power that he had attained. For him, anything that must be done in order not to lose the influence and the power that one has should be done without question. Without the fear in the people, the trust that they have in their leader will whither and they will start to look for other leaders to take the place of the one that they believe to be weak. A good prince should follow instincts and does not have to spend other people’s money, break promises, or be cruel and mean to gain power. But Machiavelli thought that the importance of this tactic should override all others. Although, he believed in emanating a sense of fear to the people that were being ruled, machiavelli, prince, people, power, one, rulers, promises, must, money, because, trust, subjects, society, should, ruler, might, good, believe, being, anything, without, themselves, respect, person, people’s, much, mean, make, keep, while, way, wanted, very, ultimately, tolerated