Niccolo Machiavelli, a diplomat in the day of the Republic of Florence, wrote "The Qualities of the Prince" in 1513 after the overthrow of the Republic forced him into exile. In this essay Machiavelli is not presenting his story from a malicious viewpoint but from his beliefs regarding the true nature of an effective and powerful leader. He has been criticized for advocating harsh, immoral methods of obtaining power and in ruling. Machiavelli portrays the successful actions that must be taken for the betterment of Italy's unstable political condition. He strongly argues that morality was not a necessary trait for a ruling prince but that in fact it stood in the way for a prince to be effective and powerful. Napoleon Bonepart, an effective and powerful leader, rose to fame on such qualities as those Machiavelli believed were important for a prince to have to maintain leadership of his country. Although Machiavelli distrusted the citizens, he never advocated that a prince should mistreat them. Napoleon Bonaparte's qualities coincided with Machiavelli's true qualities of an effective and powerful leader. This leader was required always being prepared for war, not worrying about being called a miser, and being feared.
             One quality a prince should possess, according to Machiavelli, so he can remain in power is being always be prepared for war. For instance, he believed that the study of war should be the sole objective of those who ruled. Machiavelli put so much stock in always being prepared for war that he insisted a prince should not have any other endeavor or contemplation, nor select anything else for his profession, except war and its rules and regulations (38). First, Due to always being armed, Napoleon crowned himself King of the French nation and created an empire that covered most western and central Europe. Many Writers and military leaders Napoleon was the greatest military genius of his time. ...