Talk:John Wilkes Booth/@comment-92.15.134.54-20140521152559/@comment-92.15.143.241-20140523171512

Indeed, the assassination was a tragedy for the already-wounded country, but the final utterances of Lincoln were not sad or remorseful, but bittersweet; His final utterance was a laugh, in response to the funniest line in the play. In his death, Lincoln teaches us a lesson: "If you must face a violent end, then you might as well go out laughing."