Qualities of a Good Ruler- Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's - "The Prince."

In history, the main reason why a nation prospers is because of its leader. The best written piece I have come across on this topic is Niccolo Machiavelli's book, "The Prince". A leader should be intelligent, strong, caring and devoted to his subjects. Although people have different opinions in the qualities of a good ruler, all believe that a leader should help his nation grow and thrive. In his book, "The Prince", Niccolo Machiavelli states …

…of exposing reality. Machiavelli however, did not have the restrictions of the elegance for a poem or rhymes for a song and was able to get his points across very well. Amazingly, though the book was written very well, it was not written very clearly as Machiavelli never came to a complete conclusion about exactly what makes the perfect ruler. After all, according to Machiavelli himself, no one is perfect with him as no exception.