Throughout his book ‘The Prince’, Machiavelli nurtures the idea that a ruler should be both loved and feared, of which it is better to be feared. “Love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for the advantage; but fear preserves you be a dread of punishment which never fails”. This quality can be seen inherent in Napoleon. Although Napoleon made efforts to be …showed first 75 words of 376 total…

…showed last 75 words of 376 total…Catholic”, Napoleon made Catholicism the official religion of France and also signed a Concordat with the Pope. This Concordat enabled him to assume control over the appointment of bishops and confiscated church land. For Machiaveli too, religion should be kept only when it is beneficial, saying “a prince….cannot observe all those things for wich men are esteemed, being often forced, in order to maintain state, to act contrarty to faith, friendship, humanity and religion”.