assassination, n.All

Assassination is the best way to make somebody feel important.

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump"

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated only four days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.

Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.

Fidel Castro faced more than 600 plots on his life

Teddy Roosevelt was shot in 1912 right before giving a speech. Noticing that it missed his lungs since he wasn't coughing up blood, he proceeded to give the full ninety minute speech.

Assassination is distinguished from murder only by the victim's social status.

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

An Assassination is perhaps no fun but — nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

I'm always a little disappointed when I walk away from my car and it doesn't explode after I press the lock button.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.