The Devil's Dictionary: Politician

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
POLITICS
POLYGAMY

POLITICIAN

-n.

An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.

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