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Murdered by Jean-Christophe Buisson

In the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the English Prime Minister, Disraeli, believed it possible to affirm: "

No assassination has ever changed the history of the world

."

The historical investigation carried out by Jean-Christophe Buisson, deputy director of

Figaro Magazine

, demonstrates quite the contrary.

Whether we think of the assassination of Caesar, which will accelerate the process of destruction of the Republic or that of Robespierre, which will put an end to the Terror, or that of François-Ferdinand, which precipitated the whole European continent into First World War, many political murders often "

changed the face of the world

".

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Basically, as Buisson suggests, it was Marx, alas, who was right: “

Violence is the midwife of history.

Even in our democracies, long preserved by this brutality since 1945, we come to perceive that the "

frivolous years

" are behind us.

We will continue to rock beautiful words, human rights and the rule of law...

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Source: lefigaro

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