Machiavelli's View Of Leadership In The Prince

In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli’s book The Prince was published, a step by step guide on how to become a leader, obtain leadership, keep leadership, and use leadership. Machiavelli wrote from his own experiences form being in politics and in military affairs. The Prince is still read by college students, military officers, and politicians who use it to guide them. One point Machiavelli states is that leaders do not trust the ignorant or unprepared. Niccolo says, “. . . it is contrary to reason to expect that the armed man should voluntarily submit to him who is unarmed, or that the unarmed man should stand secure among armed retainers.”(3) Harry S. Truman in January 05, 1946 stated, "Unless Russia is faced with an iron fist and strong language another war is in the making," Many world leaders did not listen to Truman and as a resulted in many wars in Asia and Europe. Students are great examples of this, freshman take for granted what older students and teachers tell as a result the make major mistakes.

Niccolo writes, “. . . it seems to better to follow the real truth of things than an imaginary view.”(5) In October 7, 2002 Bush stated, "We cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud." President Bush stated that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction October 5, 2002; the United States public denied it. However, WikiLeaks war logs points out that there are still remnants of weapons from the Gulf War in Iraq, which supported President Bush’s claim. Students are the same way, they hate being wrong and will deny any claim that conflict with their