Both believe that there should be a person in power, and the person should be liked, but not loved. I agree that leaders should always be good at war so that citizens can be protected in critical moments, letting citizens have full trust in the leader. This also protects the leader from potential attacks by citizens. Being good at war instills fear in both citizens and potential sovereign states they would like to attack. I believe both Machiavelli and Hobbes are afraid of war. In both of their texts there is a lot of information about wars and what to do about them. However, they always wanted the ruler to be the stronger party and hold the most power. Maybe both Hobbes and Machiavelli thought there would be a revolt? Maybe they wanted to start the revolt