In history, the main reason why a nation prospers is because of its leader. The best written piece I have come across on this topic is Niccolo Machiavelli's book, "The Prince". A leader should be intelligent, strong, caring and devoted to his subjects. Although people have different opinions in the qualities of a good ruler, all believe that a leader should help his nation grow and thrive. In his book, "The Prince", Niccolo Machiavelli states …showed first 75 words of 1046 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1046 total…of exposing reality. Machiavelli however, did not have the restrictions of the elegance for a poem or rhymes for a song and was able to get his points across very well. Amazingly, though the book was written very well, it was not written very clearly as Machiavelli never came to a complete conclusion about exactly what makes the perfect ruler. After all, according to Machiavelli himself, no one is perfect with him as no exception.