http://informedvote.ca/2010/04/16/stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:31:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://informedvote.ca/2010/04/16/stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud/comment-page-1/#comment-5532 Ann Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:22:56 +0000 http://informedvote.ca/?p=2717#comment-5532 Yes, he is the the best "Prime Minister" this country has ever had and he has done more for us than all previous Prime Ministers. You will get your "majority" this time Mr. Harper. The whole Country is pulling for you. Yes, he is the the best “Prime Minister” this country has ever had and he has done more for us than all previous Prime Ministers. You will get your “majority” this time Mr. Harper. The whole Country is pulling for you.

]]> http://informedvote.ca/2010/04/16/stephen-harper-has-proven-again-that-political-experience-and-political-toughness-mattersmachiavelli-would-be-proud/comment-page-1/#comment-5401 Annie Fernback Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:39:36 +0000 http://informedvote.ca/?p=2717#comment-5401 No doubt Harper is a good strategist. Journalists have a duty to present the facts accurately otherwise what they write can't be trusted. If you are going to compare Harper to Machiavelli or say that Harper would make Machiavelli proud at least show some accurate familiarity with Machiavelli. He was a diplomat and public servant for a small city-state democracy, which was taken over by a dictatorship. His book, The Republic, is about how to run a democracy, his satirical plays show when he has his tongue firmly in his cheek. He subsequently wrote his best remembered book, The Prince, in which he very much spoke truth to dictatorial power by exposing the scandals of the day in the guise of advice on how to act like a good dictator. The term Machiavellian comes from the tactics described but I doubt Machiavelli would appreciate Harper but would recognize him from the likes of the Borgias and Medicis. No doubt Harper is a good strategist.
Journalists have a duty to present the facts accurately otherwise what they write can’t be trusted. If you are going to compare Harper to Machiavelli or say that Harper would make Machiavelli proud at least show some accurate familiarity with Machiavelli.
He was a diplomat and public servant for a small city-state democracy, which was taken over by a dictatorship. His book, The Republic, is about how to run a democracy, his satirical plays show when he has his tongue firmly in his cheek.
He subsequently wrote his best remembered book, The Prince, in which he very much spoke truth to dictatorial power by exposing the scandals of the day in the guise of advice on how to act like a good dictator. The term Machiavellian comes from the tactics described but I doubt Machiavelli would appreciate Harper but would recognize him from the likes of the Borgias and Medicis.

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