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	'''Assassination''' is the killing of a person, usually a government official, for political purposes. When the official is a tyrant, his assassination is a [[tyrannicide]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] writes that "while the assassination of a tyrant is simply an isolated individual act ''within'' an existing political system, mass civil disobedience, being a direct act on the part of large masses of people, is far more revolutionary in launching a transformation of the system itself. It is also more elegant and profound in theoretical terms, flowing immediately as it does from [[Étienne de La Boétie\|La Boétie]]'s insight about power necessarily resting on popular consent; for then the remedy to power is simply to withdraw that consent."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard78.html\|title=Ending Tyranny Without Violence\|author=Rothbard, Murray N.}}</ref> Rothbard here is speaking of isolated instances of assassination, and is not addressing the possibility of an assassination campaign aimed at bringing down an entire government rather than just one leader.		'''Assassination''' is the killing of a person, usually a government official, for political purposes. When the official is a tyrant, his assassination is a [[tyrannicide]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] writes that "while the assassination of a tyrant is simply an isolated individual act ''within'' an existing political system, mass civil disobedience, being a direct act on the part of large masses of people, is far more revolutionary in launching a transformation of the system itself. It is also more elegant and profound in theoretical terms, flowing immediately as it does from [[Étienne de La Boétie\|La Boétie]]'s insight about power necessarily resting on popular consent; for then the remedy to power is simply to withdraw that consent."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard78.html\|title=Ending Tyranny Without Violence\|author=Rothbard, Murray N.}}</ref> Rothbard here is speaking of isolated instances of assassination, and is not addressing the possibility of an assassination campaign aimed at bringing down an entire government rather than just one leader.

	A principle cited as one of the management secrets of [[ancient Rome]] is, If the only way you can be removed from your position is assassination, that is how you will be removed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2012/10/13/0\|title=Cogito, Ergo Sumana\|date=13 October 2012}}</ref> [[Ben Franklin]] supported the inclusion of [[impeachment]] provisions in the [[U.S. Constitution]] in order to provide an alternative to assassination.		A principle cited as one of the management secrets of [[ancient Rome]] is, If the only way you can be removed from your position is assassination, that is how you will be removed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2012/10/13/0\|title=Cogito, Ergo Sumana\|date=13 October 2012\|author=Harihareswara, Sumana}}</ref> [[Ben Franklin]] supported the inclusion of [[impeachment]] provisions in the [[U.S. Constitution]] in order to provide an alternative to assassination.

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FormerContributor-78162cb3 at 00:07, 2 November 2012

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	'''Assassination''' is the killing of a person, usually a government official, for political purposes. When the official is a tyrant, his assassination is a [[tyrannicide]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] writes that "while the assassination of a tyrant is simply an isolated individual act ''within'' an existing political system, mass civil disobedience, being a direct act on the part of large masses of people, is far more revolutionary in launching a transformation of the system itself. It is also more elegant and profound in theoretical terms, flowing immediately as it does from La Boétie's insight about power necessarily resting on popular consent; for then the remedy to power is simply to withdraw that consent."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard78.html\|title=Ending Tyranny Without Violence\|author=Rothbard, Murray N.}}</ref> Rothbard here is speaking of isolated instances of assassination, and is not addressing the possibility of an assassination campaign aimed at bringing down an entire government rather than just one leader.		'''Assassination''' is the killing of a person, usually a government official, for political purposes. When the official is a tyrant, his assassination is a [[tyrannicide]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] writes that "while the assassination of a tyrant is simply an isolated individual act ''within'' an existing political system, mass civil disobedience, being a direct act on the part of large masses of people, is far more revolutionary in launching a transformation of the system itself. It is also more elegant and profound in theoretical terms, flowing immediately as it does from [[Étienne de La Boétie\|La Boétie]]'s insight about power necessarily resting on popular consent; for then the remedy to power is simply to withdraw that consent."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard78.html\|title=Ending Tyranny Without Violence\|author=Rothbard, Murray N.}}</ref> Rothbard here is speaking of isolated instances of assassination, and is not addressing the possibility of an assassination campaign aimed at bringing down an entire government rather than just one leader.

			A principle cited as one of the management secrets of [[ancient Rome]] is, If the only way you can be removed from your position is assassination, that is how you will be removed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2012/10/13/0\|title=Cogito, Ergo Sumana\|date=13 October 2012}}</ref> [[Ben Franklin]] supported the inclusion of [[impeachment]] provisions in the [[U.S. Constitution]] in order to provide an alternative to assassination.

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'''Assassination''' is the killing of a person, usually a government official, for political purposes. When the official is a tyrant, his assassination is a [[tyrannicide]]. [[Murray Rothbard]] writes that "while the assassination of a tyrant is simply an isolated individual act ''within'' an existing political system, mass civil disobedience, being a direct act on the part of large masses of people, is far more revolutionary in launching a transformation of the system itself. It is also more elegant and profound in theoretical terms, flowing immediately as it does from La Boétie's insight about power necessarily resting on popular consent; for then the remedy to power is simply to withdraw that consent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard78.html|title=Ending Tyranny Without Violence|author=Rothbard, Murray N.}}</ref> Rothbard here is speaking of isolated instances of assassination, and is not addressing the possibility of an assassination campaign aimed at bringing down an entire government rather than just one leader.

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