[Men] are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you
their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it [when you need their support] approaches they turn against you. According to Machiavelli, what will happen to a leader when things go wrong and he is in need of support?
People will turn against him.
People will act more like cowards.
People will offer him many things.
People will always support their leader.
