“The end justifies the means” not yet knowing who the author of these words is, what they were said about and what they mean, almost from childhood we remember: it should not be so, it is immoral and cynical. As we get older, we learn that these words belong to the Italian Niccol Machiavelli (146927), and we discover his other sentences. “All armed prophets have triumphed, and all unarmed ones have perished.” The less they are tried, the less harm they will do,” “The Emperor, if he wants to retain power, must acquire the ability to retreat from the good and use this skill, depending on the need” and many others. It is obvious that the person who gives such recommendations is the origin of political hell, he is immoral and cynical, and his principles have no place in life. However, for some reason, the works of this fortune were read by statesmen and the greatest philosophers, his books were translated into dozens of languages, and his theory of political science became the basis of university courses. Difficult, inconsistent and unstable. It is one in which the methods proposed by Machiavelli were quite in demand. All this is so... and not quite... in the 1960s. in the United States, another edition of the thoughts and statements of Niccol Machiavelli was published with a remarkable question on the cover: "Machiavelli is a cynic, a patriot or a political scientist?" Here it is - the essence of the phenomenon! Politics has always been, is and will be cynical, except that the degree of cynicism changes. No politician, statesman, or ruler is without cynicism. But to be successful, he will also need patriotism. Machiavelli was the first to formulate this principle: a strong sovereign - but a republican system, the interests of the state above all - including above their own interests. It's not so cynical.... Simple and brilliant! Introducing his main work “The Sovereign” Machiavelli wrote : "I didn't care about the beauty of the syllable here , Not to mention the pomp and soundness of the words ,. There is no external embellishment or embellishment ,. Many people like to share and share their stories. because he wanted to , to my work or to remain in obscurity , or received recognition solely for the unusual and importance of the subject.". The works of Niccol Machiavelli did not remain in obscurity. They have received recognition for centuries. Indeed, modest genius and ingenious modesty... The electronic publication includes the full text of the paper book and a selected part of the illustrative documentary material. And for true connoisseurs of gift editions, we offer a classic book. Like all editions of the Great Rulers series, the book is provided with detailed historical and biographical commentaries. The book has a great selection of illustrative material: the text is accompanied by more than 200 rare illustrations from domestic and foreign sources, many of which the modern reader will get acquainted with for the first time. Elegant design, beautiful printing, the best offset paper make this series a wonderful gift and decoration of the library of the most discerning reader.