MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility.
In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible
embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification
is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible
embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification
is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- Coronation, n.:
The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and
visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a
dynamite bomb.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a
fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military
officer from the enemy -
that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom... - ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Coronation, n:
The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible
signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
Ambrose... - PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
