From Ambrose Bierce (1842–circa 1914), American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer, The Devil’s Dictionary (1906):
AMNESTY, n. The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
From Ambrose Bierce (1842–circa 1914), American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer, The Devil’s Dictionary (1906):
AMNESTY, n. The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.