ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who
have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they
cannot separately plunder a third.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they
cannot separately plunder a third.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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