A political leader worthy of assassination

If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political…

— Edward Snowden

We have the ability to take him [President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez] out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that…

— Pat Robertson

“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.”

— Mark Lawrence

Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

— Walt Whitman

In modern day academia, secretly assassinating your peers is not necessarily performed the same way it was in king Tarquins day. The growth in…

— Simon Spacey

The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman Empire is…

— Ann Leckie

We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to…

— Manning Marable

Assassination's the fastest way.

— Moliere

“He also had a condition that was referred to as granulated eyelids and it caused him to blink more than usual, as if he…

— Ron Hansen

“Hundreds of political assassinations related to minority races, labor leaders and spokesmen against fascism have taken place in the U.S. since World War II.…

— Mae Brussell

However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose petals on…

— Shahbaz Bhatti

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the…

— Mark Twain

I think that the implication of King's assassination has not been fully appreciated.

— Henry Louis Gates

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

— Margaret Chase Smith

A deep, black grief gripped Robert Kennedy in the months following his brother's assassination. He lost weight, fell into melancholy silences, wore his brother's…

— Thurston Clarke