Jefferson and Machiavelli had two very different ideas in terms of the right way to rule. The two were essentially complete opposites. Jefferson thought it should be the mass who ruled the ruler, that the moral thing should always be done in order to live in a efficient and equality-driven government. Machiavelli, on the other hand, thought it would be the ruler who ruled the masses, that the Prince should put aside the “right thing to do” and use the ideology of functionalism to decide what is best for the government. However, it is hardly useful to compare the two ideas. Jefferson’s idea only works in a democratic government, where he writes for how the masses should act to run the government. Machiavelli’s idea only works in a more aristocratic,
