“I turn cruel when I'm empty. If I cannot be loved, I must be feared." - Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò Machiavelli examined the realities of power, political o

“I turn cruel when I'm empty. If I cannot be loved, I must be feared." - Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò Machiavelli examined the realities of power, political order, ambition, conflict, and human nature. Much of his writing focused on the difference between how politics ideally should function and h…