Hitler And Caesar's Abuse Of Power

Hitler and Caesar were the two most powerful leaders of all time. Caesar and Hitler have many similar characteristics but Caesar was a good leader while Hitler was the exact opposite. In the “The Arrogance and Cruelty of Power,” Robert H. Jackson argued about the trial against the Nazis leaders. The trial ended by showing justice for all the innocent lives that were taken. People state that Hitler and Caesar both have the same amount of ambition and both abused their power, but this statement is false. In, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Caesar got assassinated by the triumvirate because they thought that Caesar was too ambitious and that he abused his power. Caesar did …show more content…
Caesar and Hitler both had ambition; the difference is that Caesar had good ambition while Hitler had unfavorable ambition. Caesar used his ambition for the better of Rome, even though Brutus disagreed. Caesar’s will stated that everyone in Rome will get 75 drachmas and his property would be for everyone. Hitler wanted to exterminate all Jews because he thought every German problem was because of Jews. This lead to a mass murder of millions of innocent people. Did this make Caesar ambitious? Or was Hitler the ambitious one? Abuse of power is when someone takes their power for granted. Caesar used his power to become more supreme towards Rome but Brutus believed that Caesar abused his power. Abusing power is hurting others for their own benefits. Hitler killed innocent lives just because they did not have blue eyes or blonde hair. While some people have bad ambition, others have good and honorable ones; such as