摘要:The article presents an analysis of the political realism and conflicts , from the thought Secretary of the Florentine Niccolo Machiavelli . For the author of The Prince , realism is a guide to political action and between the main elements of realism, there is the claim that political reality is made up of conflicts. Machiavelli understands the conflict as a condition inherent in the policy itself. The conflict is crucial to the balance of relations in political life. Treatment of the conflict proposed by the Florentine clerk consistent with a democratic environment . The republican model of Machiavelli does not exclude any social segment. The republic conceived by Machiavelli has the mark of tolerance for opposing forces .