Suppose your Abraham Lincoln had been suitably guarded against assassination.

This is because of the policy against assassination.

History has proven, tragically, that one cannot, no matter how highly placed, insure oneself against assassination.

For years, defectors have said, the 65-year-old leader has moved restlessly from place to place, sometimes several times a day, as a guard against assassination.

We did have you watched, guarded against assassination all winter.

All Great Houses must constantly be on the alert against assassination.

"We have a law against assassination," Chavez told him.

"I am against assassination, but it would have been better if he had resigned."

And since there were no laws against assassination, they were usually successful contractors.

This fascinated him; it was also his secret weapon against political assassination back home.