Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli
Explanation:
That was one of his main principals, and what he was most famous for saying/writing.
It was Socrates who was Plato's famous teacher, and Plato's famous student was Aristotle. All three of these men had a profound impact on the future of western philosophical thought.
I pretty sure It cuold be the " Protecting human rights"
The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands.