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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. – Jeremy Bentham

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