Ambrose Bierce quote about punishment from The Devil's Dictionary - AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
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“ AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ”
 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911). copy citation

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Author Ambrose Bierce
Source The Devil's Dictionary
Topic punishment magnanimity crime state amnesty
Date 1911
Language English
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Ambrose Bierce quote about punishment from The Devil's Dictionary - AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
Ambrose Bierce quote about punishment from The Devil's Dictionary - AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.