In "The Prince," Machiavelli claims that "I say that every prince ought to wish to be considered kind rather than cruel. ... Machiavelli, however, prefers to see the initial tendency toward self-preservation as a source of fear." ... Machiavelli says that "disorders harm the entire citizenry, while the executions ordered by a prince harm only a few individuals." ... It is difficult to take action without the support of the people who are unwilling to follow their leader. ... God the King The worldly characteristics of Machiavelli's prince are in contrast with the godly attributes of God a...

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An advocate of physical power, as well as governmental power, Machiavelli stressed the need for virtu, a quality that has been translated to mean "...a union of force and ability...will"(Burckhardt quoted in Machiavelli 195). ... The nature of man, as it was put forth by Machiavelli, was that "...all men are ready to change masters in the hope of bettering themselves. ... (Machiavelli 5). ... (Machiavelli 50). ... He moved back to Machiavelli's notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". ...

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In this way, Mandela takes on many characteristics of Machiavelli. ... Mandela certainly like Machiavelli, knows that in order to get things done and have order in society, one must be feared. However, unlike Machiavelli, the whites and his opposition feared Mandela, not his followers, for they knew if the predominately black South African nation rose, the whites would be out of power, something that appears to come right out of Marx's ideas of the class system. ...

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"When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends." As Mark Twain suggests in this quote, it is a good rule of thumb to live by. People have spend hundreds of years attempting to justify lies. Whether to lie, equivocate, be silent, or tell the truth in any giv...

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