"Fear is a powerful emotion, one that immobilizes, traps words in our throats, and stills our tongues" (Dr. Beverly Tatum). So when, why, and what do we fear? Society seems to have to truly overcome their fear of communicating with each other because communication makes things known. Instead of connecting and transmitting with each other in society for development, we give all our burdens to someone else to be responsible for. People measure our elected officials at such a high standard, they begin to lose their own self morals and become fully dependent on them for change. These traits that elected officials begin to take on, seem superfluous and almost unreal. The unnaturalness of these qualities seems to have taken on the similar historical views that Machiavelli held to a prince. Presently with elected officials, should they be ready for military matters at all times, avoid being hated but be feared, and be able to live by integrity just like a Prince would have to by the eyes of Machiavelli? In the same manner do we or should we hold elected officials to a higher standard then we do ourselves? .
Military matters are strong examples of people putting higher standards on an elected official then themselves. In a Prince's duty to the standards of Machiavelli, the concern of war is the only thing that benefits one who is in demand. The thought of war should be on the Prince's mind at all times. If not the thought, then he should be in training for an outbreak of war. Your body and mind should always be in training and any personal wants before war will make you lose your property. An important statement that Machiavelli draws up is that this Prince should know their history in order to avoid repetition. Take advantage of ones victory and learn from the experiences in the past. Taking this important matter to a Prince into America today, we would find that the standards that people see fit for an official on war doesn't differ too much from the views of a Prince.
