Summarizing an argument
which statement best summarizes the argument in the
passage?
therefore a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects
united and loyal, ought not to mind the reproach of
cruelty: because with a few examples he will be more
merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow
disorders to arise, from which follow murders or
robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people,
whilst those executions which originate with a prince
offend the individual only.
- the prince,
niccolò machiavelli
a cruel leader will prevent subjects from living in a
plac of crime and violence.
a cruel leader will cause subjects to commit crime
and violence in rebellion.
a cruel leader will execute subjects who are guilty
of committing crime and violence.
a cruel leader who is faced with crime and violence
must unite subjects.