Sometimes in order to end disorder, it was necessary to rely upon extreme cruelty. Borgia appointed Remirro de Orco, “a cruel and able man, to whim he gave the fullest authority.”(citation) Once de Orco had succeeded in bringing order and stability, Borgia, feared that the citizens would begin to despise him as result of de Orco’s cruelty. In order to avoid this possibility, Borgia sought to distance himself from de Orco. Thus, Borgia murdered de Orco in a way that would draw public approval as well as dissociate Borgia from de Orco’s cruelty in the public’s mind. So according to Machiavelli, Borgia had de Orco “cut in half and placed one morning in the public square… with a piece of wood and blood-stained knife by his side. The ferocity of
