Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

—Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked...

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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

—Ambrose Bierce

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

—Ambrose Bierce

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

—Ambrose Bierce

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

—Ambrose Bierce

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.

—Ambrose Bierce

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There is hardly a political question in the United States which doesn't sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

—Alexis de Tocqueville

The moment a man gets money, so many men are trying to get it away from him that in a little while he regards the whole human race as his enemy, and he generally thinks that they could be rich too if they would only attend to business as he has. Understand, I am not blaming these people.… We must remember that these rich men are naturally produced. Do not blame them. Blame the system.

—Robert Ingersoll

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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

—Margaret Mead

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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequence of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

—Margaret Mead

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