A good prince should follow instincts and does not have to spend other people's money, break promises, or be cruel and mean to gain power. But Machiavelli thought that the importance of this tactic should override all others. Although, he believed in emanating a sense of fear to the people that were being

A prince never lacked legitimate reasons to break his promises. This advice from Machiavelli would not only make his subjects not trust him, but also other rulers would not want to make promises with him. They would know that they could not trust him. If the other rulers heard about the prince breaking promises they would be afraid that he could do it to them too. The prince might get power or he might be a good ruler, but people would hate him and would not listen to him any more. These thoughts today would be looked at as dictatorial and likened with the beliefs and feeling of such hated groups as the Nazis. In today's system, societies that have been lead by rulers with such a mentality have not lasted very long. It seems that these days the general populaces have much less tolerance for those rulers that believe in doing anything for the sake of themselves and supposedly the society at large. I believe that such rulers today are not tolerated (and should not be tolerated). There is no room for this type of thinking in modern day life. Re

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Approximate Word count = 717
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)