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