Why might machiavelli have argued that political activity should not be restricted by moral principles ?

Which statement is an example of direct democracy? a) people elect a senator to the u.s. congress. b) the town council approves funding for a new high school. c) the president issues an executive preventing states from executing prisoners. d) voters approve an amendment allowing elderly people to pay nothing in property tax.

Who founded the social contract theory of the government

According to this contract, when will the sharecropper receive his payment?