PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those…

Ambrose Bierce
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.179, University of Georgia Press
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.179, University of Georgia Press

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