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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. – Ambrose Bierce

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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. – Ambrose Bierce

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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. – Abraham Lincoln

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I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined. – Bob Geldof

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