THE GOOD MINISTER

A minister should be resolute in action, have the welfare of the people at heart, possess learning and be ever active.

Minister, is the Samskrit word amaatya. The minister of those days were advisers to the king and also responsible for executing orders.

He should be skilled in the art of dividing enemies of conserving alliances made, and of regaining lost friendships.

There is no such thing as a situation too intricate for the minister to solve, if he possesses both natural intellect and learning on the subject of Statecraft.

Even if well-versed in the accepted theories of action, one should also understand the current ways of the world, and act suitably.

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