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Some scholars view Niccolò Machiavelli's book ''The Prince'' as a manual for tyrannical rulers on how they should acquire and retain power.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Giorgini |first1= Giovanni |title= Five Hundred Years of Italian Scholarship on Machiavelli's Prince |journal= Review of Politics |date= 2013 |volume= 75 |issue= 4 |pages= 625–640|doi= 10.1017/S0034670513000624|s2cid= 146970196 }}</ref> In comtemporary times, some scholars, such as [[Leo Strauss]], have reiterated the long-held opinion that Machiavelli was a "teacher of evil".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Strauss|first=Leo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oi2GDwAAQBAJ&q=thoughts+on+Machiavelli|title=Thoughts on Machiavelli|year=2014|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0226230979|language=en|page=9}}</ref>
Some scholars view Niccolò Machiavelli's book ''The Prince'' as a manual for tyrannical rulers on how they should acquire and retain power.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Giorgini |first1= Giovanni |title= Five Hundred Years of Italian Scholarship on Machiavelli's Prince |journal= Review of Politics |date= 2013 |volume= 75 |issue= 4 |pages= 625–640|doi= 10.1017/S0034670513000624|s2cid= 146970196 }}</ref> In comtemporary times, some scholars, such as [[Leo Strauss]], have reiterated the long-held opinion that Machiavelli was a "teacher of evil".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Strauss|first=Leo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oi2GDwAAQBAJ&q=thoughts+on+Machiavelli|title=Thoughts on Machiavelli|year=2014|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0226230979|language=en|page=9}}</ref>
=== Quote of Niccolò Machiavelli from his book The Prince ===
[[File:Machiavelli.jpg|thumbnail|1400px|center|Quote of Niccolò Machiavelli from his book ''The Prince''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oi0kAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=%22great+liar+and+deceiver%22+machiavelli&source=bl&ots=pptxuL5keH&sig=ACfU3U1Q_Yfua6-Phbto_5yQAc7PUVj7gA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKxpDMiYKBAxW-kokEHf3DDZQ4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=%22great%20liar%20and%20deceiver%22%20machiavelli&f=false Quote of Niccolò Machiavelli from his book ''The Prince'' ].</ref> ]]
[[File:Machiavelli.jpg|thumbnail|1400px|center|Quote of Niccolò Machiavelli from his book ''The Prince''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oi0kAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=%22great+liar+and+deceiver%22+machiavelli&source=bl&ots=pptxuL5keH&sig=ACfU3U1Q_Yfua6-Phbto_5yQAc7PUVj7gA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKxpDMiYKBAxW-kokEHf3DDZQ4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=%22great%20liar%20and%20deceiver%22%20machiavelli&f=false Quote of Niccolò Machiavelli from his book ''The Prince'' ].</ref> ]]
[[Image:Nicolo.jpg|center|thumb|Portrait of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by Santi di Tito.]]
[[Image:Nicolo.jpg|center|thumb|Portrait of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] by Santi di Tito.]]