the prince is one of the first works of modern philosophy. The Prince is almost like a procedure for what a a ruler should do in order to keep his position in power.
2 and 3. "The end justifies the means"
A lot of leaders today feel like they can do what ever they want in order to get what they think might be a good out come. whether it hurts different classes of Americans, for example Brian Dubie is planing on Cutting taxes for the 14,000 richest Vermonters because he thinks it will improve the economy in Vermont. Cutting taxes for people who can afford it wont help the people who cant afford it. This is an example of the end justifying the means because in the end he thinks it will help Vermont but in the mean time hes hurting the Vermonters who cant afford taxes by not giving them a break. This is not good advice for leaders today. because it will make them think as long as the outcome is good nothing else matters which isn't the case for many people today. which brings me back to Brian Dubie's idea of cutting taxes, in the end it may very well be a good thing but, many Vermonters cant afford taxes which in the mean time seems rather unfair to cut costs for the "rich" and keep charging the "poor".
4. "Before all else, be armed."
This would be a good quote for the Incas because the leader of the Incas told everyone to be unarmed when meeting with the Spanish leader Pizarro. This gave the Spanish the perfect opportunity to take over and rule the poor native people. If all of the few thousand Incas were armed they most likely could have dominated the 169 Spanish soldiers. But unfortunately the Incan leader did not know any better so therefore his kingdom came crashing down.
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http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Prince.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli
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