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In history there are rulers who affected their state's destiny. Some of them used severity and some of them used clemency to rule people .The aim of this essay is to discuss if it is better for a ruler to be feared than loved with reference to Cicero and Machiavelli's ideas. In my opinion it is better for a ruler to be loved than feared. However, in some situations, fear is also necessary for a ruler.
According to Cicero, for a ruler it is better to be loved. He thinks like that because that to be loved is more effective and permanent.' There is nothing at all more suited to protecting and retaining influence than to loved and nothing less suited than to be feared.(On Duties,Book2,Pg 71)I agree with him that fear can be affective but in short term, not in long term because there will be always some who want to remove him from power. To be feared means using severity because you should harm someone to cause fear's people should love ruler to obey him without tyranny...