Essay on Immorality of Assassinating Political Leaders

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.

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.

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.

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

Oswald defected to the soviet union, Oswald was also shot and killed by club owner Jack Ruby. Ruby was known to have background with the mob, organized crime. This bring about two possible motives behind Oswald doing what he did. During his time with the Soviet Union he could have perfected his marksmanship and also could have been motivated to kill the president. America and the Soviet Union were very much enemies at this time which further supports that they were assisting Oswald. Jack Ruby supports the theory that the mob was behind this. There are a number of reasons why the mob would want to kill Kennedy. Jack Ruby was a nightclub owner he was known to have direct relations with the mob. The mob could have forced him to take out Oswald

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.

D.J Rutherford, Mr. Cheney Abraham Lincoln Assassination Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was justified. The reason why is because, he was anti slavery. Also, he was against the confederate. Even though Abraham Lincoln won the civil war, people was against him and still thought he was a threat.

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

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.

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.

The two most discussed assassinations out of the four within the position of the United States President are that of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. There are many similarities between the two and there are also some differences. There are many similarities associated with the assassination of Lincoln and Kennedy. They were both assassinated on the same day, and the men that were caught for the crime were born a century apart from each other and they were both killed before their trials. A difference between the two men is Lincoln was poor and worked his way to the top and Kennedy was born into a wealthy family in which his father was a large political figure. Both men had

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

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.

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.