Nicolo Machiavelli, an expert in public policy and governing, was well aware of how dangerous it can be for leaders to surround themselves with yes men.
Machiavelli, whose tome "The Prince" has been reduced to the phrase "The ends justifies the means" in nearly all history classes, knew the ins and outs of how to lead a population and run a government. (That his seminal work in how to lead wisely and effectively has been reduced to such a sound bite is but one of many travesties of the American education system.)
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