Her explanation includes many variables that can be misrepresented as those ideals set forth by Niccolo Machiavelli in his 1513 working The Qualities of the Prince. ... Thus, this statement alone is not congruent with Machiavelli's idealistic values of a prince. Within his work, Machiavelli outlines and defines those qualities and assumptions that a leader, a prince, must possess in order to succeed or for that matter, fail. ... Machiavelli's battle would rather be compared to an Army protecting it's borders from foreign invasion. ... The leader of the totalitarian m...

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This believe base his concept of monarchy in which a society is governed only by a single leader. ... Since the rest of the common people are passive in political matters, the goodness of a society only depends upon the leader's morality! ... A leader with bad moral values can lead to destruction. Osama Bin Laden is an example of a leader who is able to manipulate his people to perform terrorist attacks. ... In contrast, Machiavelli abandons any kinds of ideas that are against the monarchs. ...

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Lao-tzu and Machiavelli are political philosophers writing in two different lands and two different times. ... They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. ... Lao-tzu's advice issues from detached view of a universal ruler; Machiavelli's advice is very personal perhaps demanding. ... According to Machiavelli war should be the only thing on a prince's mind, because if a prince give more thought to personal luxuries than war he could lose his state and position. ... Perhaps Lao-tzu and Machiavelli's political view is to...

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