Summarizing a Central Idea
Which statement best summarizes the central idea of
this excerpt?
O Hereditary principalities are easier for princes to
keep and control.
There are f er dificulties in holding hereditary states
in base omg accustomed to the family of their prince,
tham a nes, so it is sufficient only not to transgress
the customs of this ancestors, and to deal prudently with
circumstances as they arise, for a prince of average
powers to maintain himself in his state, unless he be
deprived of it be some extraordinary and excessive force
and if he should be so deprived of it, whenever anything
sinister happens to the usurper, he will regain it.
-The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
O Hereditary princes are better at ruling with fairness
and justice.
O It is best for a hereditary prince to maintain the
customs of his ancestors.
If an outsider takes a hereditary state, the
hereditary prince will regain it.