Machiavelli's philosophy is basically to become a good leader you must do anything even it is immoral and wrong. He first writes that a prince's duty concerning military matter must always think of war only, even in times of peace. They must know their surroundings exactly so they can defend and make effective strategies to counter the enemy's attack. They must also know historical battles so they will be able to learn their tactics and improve on it. He then talks about the prince's path; should the prince be generous or a miser. He is saying that it is better to be known as a greedy prince than a generous prince because if the prince follows the good path it will only lead him to destruction while being greedy will result in his safety. To be able to be generous, the prince must lower taxes which will lead to insufficient funds for the army to defend the state while being called greedy the prince will be able to defend the state and wage war on other states without worrying about funding. He then talks about, should a prince be loved or feared. He is saying that it is much safer to be feared because people don't want to be punished while the people around a loved prince can be broken and lead to betrayal.
             But Machiavelli also says that a feared prince must also avoid being hated because this will lead to conspiracy. To avoid being hated the prince must not harm his subjects and to only do things that can improve the state as a whole.
             "On Cruelty and Mercy and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than to Be Feared or the Contrary"
             As much as I like the idea, this kind of thinking will only lead to tyranny. When someone is given the power described in this section, he will surely use it for evil. If I was given an empire in which I was feared and everything, as much as I want to be good I would probably be overwhelmed with excitement the evil kind. I would conquer everyone wh
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