“The way to have power is to take it.” These were the words of a man that was rated one of the top ten most corrupt US politicians of all time by Real Clear Politics. A corrupt leader could be considered a Machiavellian. Dictionary.com describes a Machiavellian as someone who follows the principles analyzed and described in The Prince. The Prince, is a book written in in 1513 by Niccolo Machiavelli that was dedicated to the Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici. It is widely believed to be a handbook to leaders on how to gain power, and how to maintain it. There have been many leaders throughout world history that have displayed traits comparable to the ones depicted in Machiavelli’s book. Leaders included in that list are Adolf Hitler, Ivan the Terrible,
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He usually did an extraordinary job of convincing people to either love of fear him. There was, however, on man that had no fear or love for Tweed at all. This man went by the name of Thomas Nast. Thomas Nast was a political cartoonist that set out to abolish any corruption in politics. Nast was able to see right through Tweeds mask and understand what was going on in the Tweed Ring. There were a many journalists who understood and wrote about what Tweed had been up to, but a great deal of his supporters were immigrants and working class people who couldn’t read. Nast could show these people the realism of Tweeds corruption. Tweed expressed his fear of political cartoons against him when he said, “Stop the dammed pictures. My constituents can’t read, but damn it, they can see pictures.” Seeing the pictures is exactly what his constituents did. Nast, along with other political cartoonist would end up turning the people on William Tweed. His reign of political power from then on, would become unstable. Between going in and out of jail, and being convicted in various different trials, Tweed lost a great deal of
He usually did an extraordinary job of convincing people to either love of fear him. There was, however, on man that had no fear or love for Tweed at all. This man went by the name of Thomas Nast. Thomas Nast was a political cartoonist that set out to abolish any corruption in politics. Nast was able to see right through Tweeds mask and understand what was going on in the Tweed Ring. There were a many journalists who understood and wrote about what Tweed had been up to, but a great deal of his supporters were immigrants and working class people who couldn’t read. Nast could show these people the realism of Tweeds corruption. Tweed expressed his fear of political cartoons against him when he said, “Stop the dammed pictures. My constituents can’t read, but damn it, they can see pictures.” Seeing the pictures is exactly what his constituents did. Nast, along with other political cartoonist would end up turning the people on William Tweed. His reign of political power from then on, would become unstable. Between going in and out of jail, and being convicted in various different trials, Tweed lost a great deal of