Machiavelli

Machiavelli Machiavelli "The best fortress a ruler can have is not to be hated by the people, for if you possess fortresses and the people hate you, having fortresses will not save you". I feel that Machiavelli’s intention was to let the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici know that he must change the way he is ruling Florence because, A prince must act with dictatorial power in order to maintain his position. Machiavelli believes that Lorenzo de Medici does not act with dictatorial power, but with greed which is considered a fault. Machiavelli states that a prince can share power with the people, since a prince can trust the people much more than he can trust the nobles. Nobles can not be satisfied if a ruler acts honorably but the people can be satisfied, because their aims are more honorable than the nobles. machiavelli, people, prince, ruler, medici, lorenzo, de, way, trust, power, nobles, must, florence, because, since, satisfied, fortresses, feel, dictatorial, considered, authority, act, worry, unforgiving, trusted, took, think, telling, supported, states, show, should, share, seem, save