Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would b…

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Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.15, University of Georgia Press
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Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.15, University of Georgia Press

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