1. Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italiane philosopher from the 15th century. He grew up in Florence, Italy. The purpose of Machiavelli's "The Prince" was to show what his ideas on leadership were. He told how he wanted a leader to act, and displayed his opinions on how someone who is in a place of power should act and lead.
2. "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command." This quote shows a great leadership skill because it is basically saying that a leader needs to know how to lead. What Machiavelli is trying to say is that a leader can not just say he is a leader, and expect to be obeyed. To become a leader, one must persevere, and work to get there. Also, once a leader is know as "the leader," he must know the role that he is now playing. Once he has the power, he must be able to command to be obeyed. A leader can not just expect to be listened to, he must know how to make his people listen.
3. "Politics have no relation to morals." The Machiavelli quote is not one the a leader should go by. This is because the quote is stating, the in polotics, you should not act byt the morals you live by. Take the example of a President. If the United States had a president that did not act the way he or she would normally act while doing their job, our nation would be in flames. Say the president when not doing presidential duties was a fun loving person, one of their morals is to forget about violence and just live life to the fullest. If a president were then to not go by this moral when making important decisions, our world could end in disaster. The president may decide that there is a possibility for great problem, and do something extreme, that could be violent. Then our nation would be in an uproar, and everything would be in chaos. This quote states that when in politics, nothing is bad. This is not a true statement, because if a political candidate stops at nothing to win, chaos may be created.
4. "The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not." This quote goes well with Pizarro and the Incas because Pizarro lived in a place where the "times" were changing, and because of the east to west vs. north to south travel Pizarro was able to keep up with the times. The Incas lived in and area where it was nearly impossible to get current technology or resources because of the north to south travel, and they lived across an ocean from Europe and Asia. The reason this quote goes so well with the battle is because Pizarro had ways to keep up with the times and new technology for battle, and there for was able to defeat the Incas even though they were seriously outnumbered.
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