Machiavelli believed
A) like the humanists, that educated people will choose virtue instead of vice.
B) like Petrarch, that rulers should practice Christian virtues.
C) that government must be based on power and that the end justifies the means.
D) that Classical learning would create good rulers and good citizens.
E) that governments must resist change.
Ans: C
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