Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce
Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce
Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce