He is to mask his true intentions all the while avoiding inconsistency and often acting against mercy, faith, humanity, frankness, and religion in pursuit of the preservation of the state. ... In "The Prince," Machiavelli claims that "I say that every prince ought to wish to be considered kind rather than cruel. ... Machiavelli follows with "a prince, therefore, must be indifferent to the charge of cruelty if he is to keep his subjects loyal and united. ... Machiavelli says that "disorders harm the entire citizenry, while the executions ordered by a prince harm only a few individuals." ... Go...

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Written in the 16th century, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli has come to be regarded by many historians and political experts as one of the oldest political primers in history. ... One of the most interesting points that Machiavelli identifies is the importance of the prince in being a master of the art of warfare to utilize his troops logically. ... As Machiavelli states: "It must be understood that a prince cannot observe all those things which are consider good in men, being often obliged, in order to maintain the state, to act against charity, against humanity, and against religion . . ....

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It is noteworthy that the time of William Shakespeare was the playwright of the early Renaissance and he was born in the sixteenth century and died in the early seventeenth century and mentions where great importance, the wars that were raised in Back then, the highlight in science, politics, religion, culture and natural disasters. ... The monarchy of the Visigoths established peerages along with the title of Prince (frustrated, in German, meaning the main person), local rulers who were among those who chose the king. ... The king was centralized, all power, controlling taxes, armies, some ...

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