Answer:
A ruler should exercise power virtuously for the common good of his people ( A )
A good ruler should do whatever it takes to secure and unite his state ( C )
Machiavelli based his work on his study on classical history and on what he saw around him ( D )
Explanation:
The prince and its ideas and influence was a book written by Niccolo Machiavelli on how rulers should govern its people based on what he saw around him. he believed the rulers should be feared by the people that way the ruler can rule and control his people Judiciously
He also believed that a ruler should be able to do whatever it takes to secure and unite people under his rule. the book also gives the impression that rulers are meant to exercise their when necessary for the good of his people as well.
