Niccoló Machiavelli was a political philosopher from the 15th century. Before that he was a Second Chancellor of the Republic of Florence where he traveled in many areas across Italy and even France.In 1512 he was wrongfully exiled, he was suspected of conspiring against the Medici. He is know best for writing the book "The prince" which was written in 1513/1514. It as the first of his writings and he wrote it return to his position in the Florence government.
"Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces" I believe that this quote is relevant to leaders today because there will not be a change in society where tardiness is not important. When a leader misses an opportunity to do anything that can benefit them or their people because he was late will only be regretful in the future because that sane opportunity may not come again. For example if a leader is not there to send his troops out for a chance to win than it will take much longer for them to win over the other side if they ever win.
"A prince never lacks a legitimate reason to break his promise" This is a bad advise for a leader today to fallow because when a leader breaks his promise to the people who fallow many not be very fond of of the choice the leader made and they then turn against them. If a politition were to promise those who he represents to decrease taxes for those in middle class and did not fallow through with it many would be upset with what he chose to do. When he then told them why he did what he did they may not want to trust him as much.
"Before all else, be armed" I feel like this quote would have best helped the Incas fight Pizarro better. The Incas still may not have won the battle but they still could have been prepaired for when Pizarro came. If the Incas were armed they could have fought off some of the conquestadors when they came and the outcome could have been very different. Because the Incas were not prepaired for Pizarro to come this quote would have beneted the Incas a lot.
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| "A prince never lacks a legitimate reason to break his promise" |
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/#8 - Imformation on Machiavelli
