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Machiavelli opens The Prince describing the two principal types of governments: monarchies and republics. His focus in The Prince is on monarchies. Machiavelli notes that monarchs have either just recently come to power, or else they are rulers from a long hereditary line. Thus a state is either ruled by a prince or it is simply a free state and when a prince annexes them, he wins them either by force, luck or special ability. Machiavelli addresses the issue of governing a state that previously lived under its own laws. He suggests that there are three ways to successfully hold states that are accustomed to having their own laws. He says that such states must be pillaged. He believes that the ruler must go in and take what he desires without reservation or concern for those members of the state. He also suggests that the ruling authorities must live there in person. He believes that one cannot rule from afar. He also suggests that they are permitted to keep their own laws, but!

tribute must be taken from them. He says to set up a government of a few to keep the nation friendly to you. Machiavelli says that these few will undoubtedly be friendly to the price because they need his protection. They could not survive without his sec

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Pericles made a fatal mista!

ke throughout his influence over Athens. Being disarmed makes one seem contemptible for an unarmed leader is not safe among armed servants. This simply led to the Machiavellian concept just mentioned. The Athenians, before the Peloponnesian!

War took over the city of Potideae, which was a republic. A chain of love can easily be broken, but fear is maintained through punishment. Although one can argue that it did not have been a direct effect of the fall of Athens, the Athenians' did lack of ideal Machiavellian leaders. According to Machiavelli, the prince must practice war more in peacetime than in war. For his knowledge as well as his experience, Pericles' people followed him loyally. He motivated his people by knowing how to fight the Spartans. He knew that Sparta would be most vulnerable on the water. A prince must be cruel when with his military forces because it will keep them united and disposed for duty.

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. People cherish their possessions and their families much more than any ruler. He believed that it is the only thing a ruler needs, and it even keeps private people from becoming rulers.

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