What Makes A Good Ruler In history, the main reason why a nation prospers is because of its leader. A man named Niccolo Machiavelli stated his opinions on what makes a good ruler in his book The Qualities of the Prince. I believe that a leader should be intelligent, strong, caring and devoted to his people. Although people have different opinions in the qualities of a good ruler, all believe that a leader should help …showed first 75 words of 1124 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1124 total…at the age of fifty-six. All in all they’re many different ways a leader can achieve prosperity and have qualities of a good ruler. Machiavelli stated his opinions of what makes a good ruler, even some great rulers in history showed some similarities to Machiavelli. Great rulers such as Caesar and Lincoln had both similarities and differences of ruling their nations, but both had the same goal, to have their nation grow and thrive.