Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. Machiavelli was a political philosopher and diplomat during the Renaissance, and is most famous for his political piece, The Prince (1513), that has become a foundation of modern philosophy. In The Prince, Machiavelli offered a ruler advice designed to keep that ruler in power; he originally wrote Principe (The Prince) (1513) in hopes of securing the favor of the ruling Medici family. Allowing for the influence of fortune, Machiavelli argued that it is, above all, the character or skill of the individual leader that determines the success of any state in addition to the success by any means necessary. It is this focus on practical success by any means, even at the expense of traditional moral values, that earned Machiavelli's scheme a reputation for ruthlessness, deception, and cruely and where the quote, "The end justifes the means", originates.
In my oppinion, this is no scheme;thus, meaning I agree with Machiavelli's philosophies. "The end justifies the means" is a very sensible concept although there are some loopholes to it. However, in all reality, this is a very logical statement. Anything that you do, by any means necessary, benefits you, resulting in what you want, is what this quote means to me. I believe that certain people have certain morals and values, for example, if one person is agitated by another, he or she might give into the pressure and have him or her removed, resulting in what he or she wanted. Nevertheless, if a person is agitated and does not give into the pressure and he or she does not think it is right to remove the person then this person has stronger morals then the other. Some morals can be crushed by certain situations and circumstances and a total different frame of mind can be taken. Hence, I believe it depends on the situation whether this quote would seem logical or not. Although, people think that Machiavelli is evil for a particular reason.
