<P> Amongst later political leaders: </P> <Ul> <Li> The republicanism in seventeenth century England which led to the English civil war, Glorious Revolution and subsequent development of the English Constitution was strongly influenced by Machiavelli's political thought . </Li> <Li> Most of the founding fathers of the American Revolution are known or often proposed to have been strongly influenced by Machiavelli's political works, including Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams . </Li> <Li> Under the guidance of Voltaire, Frederick the Great of Prussia criticised Machiavelli's conclusions in his "Anti-Machiavel", published in 1740 . </Li> <Li> At different stages in his life, Napoleon I of France wrote extensive comments to The Prince . After his defeat at Waterloo, these comments were found in the emperor's coach and taken by the Prussian military . </Li> <Li> Italian dictator Benito Mussolini wrote a discourse on The Prince . </Li> <Li> Soviet leader Joseph Stalin read The Prince and annotated his own copy . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The republicanism in seventeenth century England which led to the English civil war, Glorious Revolution and subsequent development of the English Constitution was strongly influenced by Machiavelli's political thought . </Li> <Li> Most of the founding fathers of the American Revolution are known or often proposed to have been strongly influenced by Machiavelli's political works, including Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams . </Li>

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