HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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officials who harm citizens should be forced to resign
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leaders should always maintain Christian ideals when running
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rulers sometimes have to harsh in order to serve the people
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politicians may seek approval from citizens before violating laws
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary: Chapter XVII: Concerning Cruelty: Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than to Be Feared, or the Reverse. Compassion, like generosity, is usually admired. But a prince must be careful that he does not show compassion unwisely.
Detailed explanation-3: -This passage from Chapter XVII contains perhaps the most famous of Machiavelli’s statements. Often, his argument that it is better to be feared than loved is taken at face value to suggest that The Prince is a handbook for dictators and tyrants.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Machiavelli’s famous book The Prince, he explored the topic of being loved or being feared in the context of politicians and rulers of nations. Machiavelli concluded if only given one choice, it was better to be feared.