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Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Born: Jun 24, 1842
Died: 1914

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Too, State, Punish, Those, Would, Would-Be, Magnanimity, Offenders, Expensive, Whom, Amnesty

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