Machiavelli

Machaivelli was born May 3rd, 1469 in Florance, Italy. He is an italien philosopher, who is one of the main founders of politcal science as it is these days. He wrote during The Renaissance, the european cultural movement. HIs main novel, The Prince, was written for him to gain influence with the ruling Medici family in Florence.

Sources: Wikipedia, The Prince, Machiavelli

"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally"

One of my basketball coaches was a very smart man. He always knew the right play to call at the right times in the game. he would watch the other team's defense and base his play calls of of that. For example, if our big man was open after rolling off the pick and roll, he would notice it in an instant and tell our point guard to look for that pass. A different coach might not have noticed that so quickly and now he wouldn't have the opportunity to take advantage of that flaw in the other team. In this quote, my coach was the wise man because he noticed right away what a fool would of noticed at the end of the game where it is useless at the point.

"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."

I think that this quote is somewhat bad advise for a leader in this day and age. I believe that if you are feared, generally you are not very well liked. If you are not well liked then people will most likely want you out of the leader role. Or say you are a country that could potentially be involved in a war going on around you. One may say that if you are feared you will not be attacked, but if you are feared, again i think that means that you are generally not very liked. With not being well liked, you may be feared but countries will still want to attack you. If you are loved then there will be no reason to be attacked because the countries have nothing against you, therefore no reason to attack you.

"Before all else, be armed."

I think the incas could have used this quote to there advantage right before the battle where the spaniards surprise attacked the incas and Atahualpa. The incas were virtually unprepared for this attack, and i think they were stupid to not bring weapons. The situation was just way to perfect for Pizarro and his men to attack and i would think Atahualpa would have realized this prior to meeting with them in the square.