The Prince (Reader's Library Classics)

<p><strong><em>The lion cannot guard himself from the toils nor the fox from wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils and a lion to drive off wolves.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>The modern-day term Machiavellian is used to describe deception dishonesty and cruelty to meet a goal. <em>The Prince</em> by Niccolò Machiavelli was written as a guide for autocrats on how to govern using means that were meant to deceive and manipulate a government's constituency-to the extent of advocating the use of evil for political expediency. </p><p><br></p><p>In this classic work <em>the end justifies the means</em> reigns paramount to Machiavelli's system of government.</p>