Nicolas
Maquiavelo was an Italian
historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher and humanist.
This
author made important contributions to political science.
He
attribute the famous sentence "the end justifies
the means" but never said.
Among
his works we can mention: The Art of War (1519-1520), The Discourses
on Livy (1512-1517) , Florentine Histories (1520-1525) but
the most important work is "The Prince (1513)".
Wich was written while he was in prison for conspiring against the Medici. The book describes the method by which a prince can acquire and maintain political power.
I like this personage because is
pioneer in political thought especially in The Prince that represent a manual
for every governor