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Tag: Ambrose Bierce

(1842–1913) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist

Conservatives vs. liberals

Conservative: (n.) A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021Categories politicsTags Ambrose Bierce

Defining ‘politics’

POLITICS, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 3, 2015November 4, 2018Format QuoteCategories politicsTags Ambrose Bierce

Defining ‘alliance’

ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 20, 2010November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories foreign policyTags Ambrose Bierce

Defining ‘plebiscite’

PLEBISCITE, n.  A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 20, 2010November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories votingTags Ambrose Bierce

Defining ‘vote’

VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Author Greg RavenPosted on November 2, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories votingTags Ambrose Bierce

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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