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Machiavelli’s claim in the passage is that leaders

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If it’s a typical line from Machiavelli’s The Prince, the claim is usually one of these related points (with the most common being the first):

- Leaders should prioritize maintaining power and the stability of the state even if that requires immoral actions. (Machiavelli argues prudence and preservation of the state trump conventional morality.)
- It is better for a leader to be feared than loved, provided he avoids being hated. (Fear preserves authority more reliably than affection.)
- A successful leader must be both a fox and a lion: cunning/deceptive when needed and strong/forceful when required.
- Leaders should cultivate a reputation for virtue while being prepared to act contrary to virtue in private when circumstances demand.
- Fortune controls part of success; leaders must be bold and adaptable to master the rest.

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