“The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.”
Voltaire
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
“The main message is that in a democracy, [assassination] is not the means to change policy, ... Unfortunately, the assassin was right: for a while, there was a freeze in process.”
Yitzhak Rabin
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.”
Robert M. Hutchins
“remarkable the government’s restraint since the assassination of this top minister.”
Jerry Weller
“I announce that my government is going to take legal action in the United States. To call for the assassination of a head of state is an act of terrorism.”
Hugo Chavez
“The Israeli government continues its policy of assassination, ... This policy will destroy any hope for peace. Resistance will continue.”
Abdel Rahman
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