Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who

Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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