Originally Posted by Umar Al-Mokhtār

Niccolò Machiavelli (one of the few who's name is now a pejorative term)
The greatest irony of the pejorative term is that Machiavelli was a proponent of democratic values (Machiavelli's Art of War, he believed in Athenian democracy, along with the encumbent personal responsibilities for the defense of the state).

Still, a good thought, and in keeping with the Dukes of Venice who were his contemporaries.