Characteristics Of Machiavelli's Ideal Leader

Describe the qualities of Machiavelli’s ideal prince in relation to one contemporary or historical leader. What characteristics should a prince possess, and how should a prince behave and lead his people, and how does this advice from Machiavelli play out in real life with the leader you chose as an example. Is their leadership good for their people? Neighboring countries? The world?

Every person has their own individual skills that make us different from each other. This applies even to higher positions people, in this case to a prince. In order for a prince to be a good leader he should possess some individual skills that will help him face the problems he will have throughout his leadership. Machiavelli even wrote a book about how a prince should be. So according to Machiavelli (The Prince, …show more content…
Again, according to Machiavelli the main four attributes that a prince should have while being a leader are: intelligence, strength, determination and tenaciousness. Machiavelli says that an action that a prince should never do is disarm his citizens, because when he disarms them, then they will feel bad and lose trust on the prince, and if the citizens lose faith on him then they will try to overthrow him, because he is not doing what he should do, and they will try to put someone that they like in power. So, according to Machiavelli a prince should be intelligent to determine the right from the wrong because he will face many challenges on his leadership and he should pass them successfully in order to continue his leading. Another attribute a prince should possess is strength. A prince should be strong physically and emotionally, so he can face every challenge and deal with it in the best possible way. Bush from the beginning of his campaign said that he is the right person and that he