Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, written during the height of the Renaissance in 1532, formalized the effective techniques for nobles and royalty to govern with a totalitarian rule, giving an incentive to establish overbearing systems government. This therefore diminished the popular movement of the Renaissance of equality and forward thinking. The theme and essential attitudes expressed in The Prince can be comprehended from two infamous quotes of Machiavelli: Morals have no place in politics, and the most chilling, The ends justify the means. These spoken words will end up empowering governments to Machiavelli's time. Machiavelli, born in Florence, Italy, quickly rose to become a prominent Florentine statesman, holding office as the head of the Second Chancery at the age of twenty-nine. As an accomplished man of office, he established political ties with Germany, France, and Italy, and held his position until the downfall of the Florentine Republic in 1512, which after he was detained and tortured for one year. Upon his release, Machiavelli was exiled out of his beloved city. He soon indulged himself in poetry, dramatic arts, and literature, but his desire to be involved with politics never wavered. During this time, Machiavelli wrote his most famous political novel, The Prince, which was later placed on the Church Index of officially banned books. The Prince serves as a catalog of guidelines for how royalty should govern their state and citizens. It emphasized the ultimate power of fear, which was in Machiavellis eyes the most crucial aspect of being a formidable ruler. Rather than theorize about idealistic control schemes, The Prince offers pragmatic, rationalized insights on the reality of how one must preside successfully over his subjects. The Renaissance was a time of free thought, of equality and promising futures. It challenged the ancient power structures in Europe, for any man, woma