Machiavelli understands the natural ways of human activity. ... In addition, Machiavelli can defend our country wisely. ... Machiavelli knows how to defend our country. ... On the other hand, Machiavelli learns from history, how leaders stay in power and how leaders lose their power. ... The best leader we can have is someone who will secure our safety and Machiavelli can do it. ...
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. ...
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". ...
On the first hand, a leader becomes ruthless and he must insists on using violence to maintain stability and on the other, desperate usage of authoritative leadership. This is exactly the cause of corruption when a leader needs to use force to implement laws until the people themselves change. ... Machiavelli continues, "You will find the populace to be much superior in both goodness and glory. ... Governmental leaders will lie and will hide information form its people, information and knowledge is truly powerful and would be a risk for them to maintain stability if everyone had it. ......
All its policies come from the leader of the government without any consent of its people. ... However, killing Katniss while she was still in the spotlight was an unwise move even for a totalitarian leader. ... The theory this government use goes hand in hand that Machiavelli wrote back in 14th century. ...
A feared leader is much stronger than a loved one, fear will prevail over love in almost every situation, and fear can even cause you to betray your love. A leader who is feared by his people has much more control than a leader who is loved by his people. ... The book, The Prince, written by the famous Italian political philosopher Nicolo Machiavelli explains this in great detail. ... Also, a leader who is loved can often be perceived as weak or vulnerable, while a feared leader can manage his sovereignty better and maintain power for a longer period of time. ... Fear is what gives a lead...
