Related:

• PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• 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 Dictionary...
• Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...