Essay on Immorality of Assassinating Political Leaders

Although there have been numerous assassination plots and attempts, there have only been four successful presidential assassinations in the history of the U.S. Today I’ll be comparing and contrasting two different president killers: John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. They lived almost a century apart, but still have many similarities. Lee and John basically did the same crime, assassinating a U.S President, however, they have numerous differences.

On November 29, 1963, our 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. A young and vigorous leader who was a victim of the fourth Presidential assassination in the history of a country. This assassination was known as a world tragedy, and a great lost to our nation. Many conspiracies were formed while the investigation of his assassination was undergoing, making his case unsolved. But with the many conspiracies, the assassination caused a lot of effect on our country over the years. Making the JFK assassination a remarkable case.

President Lincoln’s assassination shocked the country. Some people felt sorrow about his assassination. On night of April,1865 president Lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. Two people who related was thomas jones and dr.mudd.Two people who had strong reactions to president lincoln’s death were dr.mudd and elizabeth keckly.

Kennedy. Oswald's real only clear motive for killing Kennedy was that his beliefs did not fit the

The assassination of John F. Kennedy is said to be, as from the Warren report, a murder. The Warren report states that a man, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired 3 shots from the 6th floor of the Texas Book State Depository building. One missed the President’s motorcade completely; another hit President Kennedy in the neck, and the last hit him in the head, which was later said after an autopsy, to be the cause of death.

In modern time, the United States is looked at as a country that has an ability to overcome adversity. However, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the civil war proved to divide the nation. When the nation finally came back together, it was broken again shortly after. On April 15th, 1865 the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. This was the first successful attempt to have a president assassinated while in office. After unsuccessful attempts, the first successful assassination of the president pointed out gaping flaws in the government. The first and most obvious flaw was the lack of secret service which provides the president with protection. Also, Lincoln’s assassination exposed the inability for the government to successfully investigate a crime of large magnitude quickly and successfully. Upon further investigation into John Wilkes Booth, it is evident he was not acting alone, and had larger plans to sabotage the government showing the need for a government intelligence agency. Booth and his group’s elaborate plot to take down Lincoln succeeded, sending America into a panic. Among the panic and horror that came with the assassination came the foreshadowing that America needed better presidential protection as well as a centralized investigating entity.

The assassination of William McKinley was unjustified because the assassin, Leon Czolgosz, claims Mckinley had too much power(Source B). This doesn’t justify him killing the president because he killed the president for his own good. Nobody’s fate should

Throughout American, history there have been multiple assassination on presidents of the United States. There is one assassination that is intriguing, the murder of John F. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy’s assassination is known throughout American history. There is controversy whether this assassination was justified or unjustified. John F. Kennedy’s assassination is unjustified because murder is wrong and he had a family. Though they may or may not have been a reason for Oswald to kill JFK there is no right in murdering someone.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”. What he is saying is that if you want to know what type of person someone is, give him power and observe what he does with it. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated April 15, 1865 while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and a famous actor at the time, assassinated Abraham Lincoln. The attack occurred only five days after Robert E. Lee, a confederate general, surrendered his fairly large army in Virginia. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was unjust because he was the man who brought the abolishment of slavery but was rewarded with death; however, some thought that he was going to destroy the South.

Despite what some people may believe, assassination is not synonymous with murder. Sure, both are similar, but they are also very different. For instance, assassination is the act of killing an important person for political reasons while murder is the killing of an average person for any reason. Also, assassination has only happened to important political figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, and John F. Kennedy. Another important person who was assassinated was Patrice Lumumba. He was an important historical figure who was possibly either killed by troops who were loyal to Colonel Mobutu or the CIA.

Political assassination is defined as the act of killing a political figure mainly for political reasons. In most cases, the motive behind political assassinations is beyond the person who is killed. Assassinations have been rampant across the globe for ages and these assassinations do cause lots of political instabilities in a country especially when key personalities such as heads of states are the victims. In this essay, we shall discuss some of the major assassinations which occurred in history. These personalities include John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar and Robert F. Kennedy.

Each assassin and their helpers decided that they were able to play the role of god and kill presidents. The killers killed everyone from presidents to vice presidents to secretaries of states all for the desire to take control of others’ lives and their motivation varies from disliking someone’s presidential ideals (John Wilkes Booth 21) to purely insane thoughts (Charles Guiteau 123) to the desire of anarchy (Leon Czolgosz 189). It is quite incredible looking at the reasons behind these murders and the reasons that drive them to take on the work of

To conclude, leaders are assassinated by conspirators for the benefit of society. These assassinations convey a pattern which is generally linked to political instability and possible oppression towards a nation. This pattern is shown in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, where the crowning of Caesar would lead to tyrannical rule and oppression through slavery. This can also be applied to the assassination of Lincoln, because Booth believed that Lincoln’s views would lead to defeat and oppression for the South. Therefore, these conspirators’ actions can be justified because ultimately, they wanted to preserve their freedom and prevent oppression from their respective political leaders. Society may not agree with the actions that these conspirators

An online poll showed 81% of people believe Indira Gandhi’s assassination was justified. It was a sunny day in New Delhi, India when the prime minister of India dies. The day was October 31, 1984; she was shot by 2 of her bodyguards named Beant Singh and Satwant Singh. The assassination of Indira Gandhi was unjustified because she went to war for India’s independence and wanted to help the environment; however, some people believe she was making unintelligent decisions for India.

Imagine you are sitting next to a loved one in a car on a warm sunny day. You are being driven through town while smiling crowds watch from the sidelines. Everything is going perfectly until three shots ring out, and you look down to discover that you have blood splattered over you. Except to your dismay, the blood covering your clothes is not your own but your loved one’s. In the chaos, someone tries to get to the car in order to help your loved one and the person shot in front of you. Little can be done for your loved one as they lose blood rapidly. You helplessly watch as the very person you love dearly dies in front of your eyes. The loved one is rushed to the hospital only to die thirty minutes later. All of the feelings of shock and horror are exactly was Jackie Kennedy felt after witnessing her husband’s assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald was taken into custody to be questioned and put on trial. He was being transported when a man, Jack Kirby, shot him in the stomach. He died two days later. Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination was justified because it saved the nation from the time and resources needed for a high-profile trial, he killed the leader of the United States, and it brought comfort to the nation, even though first-degree murder is breaking the law.