Machiavelli claims for a pragmatic view of state policy.
Explanation:
Machiavelli's claim in the passage is that leaders must
instill fear into the society or the place that they have conquered only then will they be able to hold it.
According to him if the person is unable to hold the people with fear they will revolt sooner or later.
Machiavelli's evidence includes the fall of the city states of Italy and how the unison of other countries has been brought about by the force of some strong noble somewhere.
