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Machiavelli wrote his piece "The Prince" while in exile, he was exiled because of his previous work calling on the principality to revert back to a democratic set up similar to early Rome. The prince did not like it and so Machiavelli was exiled. He hated being away from the city so when the new, young prince was looking like taking power he wrote The Prince as a gift, in an attempt to be invited back to court. He knew his words were true, but at the same time he did not believe in what he was saying, he was completely against a dictatorial rulership.
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