''Politics, noun. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.''
''Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.''
''Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.''
—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
''Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.''
''Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.''
—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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