More often than not he leaves his ideal Prince with no middle ground to travel with statements such as "Men must either be pampered or annihilated." This statement also reveals that Machiavelli feels that men are simple creatures whose desires can be easily met. ... This statement as well as others shows that throughout the book, Machiavelli makes a lot of assumptions about what people will do as oppose to what they might do. ... In this statement, Machiavelli is trying to say that when a prince is dealing with people he must break his promises from time to time because some promises might l...

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