nvasion of Italy by foreign powers and he
             felt that "[t]o liberate Italy from the influence of foreign governments,
             Machiavelli explains that strong indigenous governments are important, even
             if they are absolutist"; meaning that, although Machiavelli was a staunch
             and firm believer in the validity and benefits of governance based on the
             republic model, he nonetheless considered it more important to set up an
             indigenous Italian rule first ("Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)").
             Indeed, In Machiavelli's widely influential tome, The Prince,
             Machiavelli suggests, discusses, and analyzes the many ways in which a
             prince can successfully wield power such that he will be enabled to annex
             areas of land by violent force or other means and take them under his
             dominion. Indeed, it is important to remember the Machiavelli feels that
             power is not simply something that can be attained by mere brute force
             aloneâ€"indeed, brute force is quite often the very last sort of mechanism
             that a careful and wise ruler should apply, and often
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