Julius Caesar And Kennedy's Assassination Lessons

George Santayana said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". As history is examined it is clear to see that some events that happen have similarities to other past events. If these events are studied, many lessons can be learned from them. If past events are ignored, valuable lessons are not taught. Some events that have similarities are the assassinations of Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy. The fear that these leaders would continue to make poor political choices that the public disagreed with motivated their assassins to eliminate them for the good of the people.

It is believed that Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 B.C. (Julius). He obtained the position of consul around 60 B.C. and had an

His killer, John Wilkes Booth, although a confederate sympathizer, stayed in the North during the civil war (Abraham). This is similar to how Brutus and his associates stayed close to Julius Caesar while they were plotting to kill him. This had not been John Wilkes Booth’s first attempt to harm the president. An article on the history.com website titled “Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination” says: “on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, Lincoln failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait.” The article also says that at first Booth only desired to kidnap Lincoln but created an assassination plan after the kidnapping failed. Each of these assassinations took time to plan. When Brutus, Cassius, and the other members of the conspiracy talked of removing Caesar, there were many suggestions to how it could be done. Caesar and Lincoln were both murdered at close range, Caesar being attacked by blades, and Lincoln being shot by a

Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while in a motorcade going through Dallas, Texas. An article titled “The Life of John F. Kennedy” on the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum website says, “Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and seemed confident about his chances for re-election”. This shows that Kennedy was making future plans to use his presidential power. Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President Kennedy, served in the U.S. Marines and was discharged in 1959. After that he tried to gain citizenship in the Soviet Union but was denied. He came back to the United States in 1962. Later, he was involved with a Cuban sympathizer group and tried to assassinate other persons of power (John). After President Kennedy’s assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald was being transported to a different jail, during this event a man by the name of Jack Ruby shot him. Because of this, Jack Ruby was prosecuted for murder (Jack).

Lee Harvey Oswald was communicating with the United States and President Kennedy’s enemies just like Brutus, Cassius, and the other assassins were communicating with people who Caesar did not approve of. The difference between the two is that the United States and Kennedy’s enemies were in a different country and Caesar’s enemies were right under his