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