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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 14: Machiavelli

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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 14: Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527), an Italian diplomat and political theorist, circa 1500. He served in the Florentine government until the Medici restoration in 1512, and in 1513, he wrote his most famous work, “The Prince.” Archive Photos/Getty Images
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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