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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1485 |
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AUTHOR:
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842–c. 1914) |
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QUOTATION:
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PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom—and of whom only—it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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AMBROSE BIERCE, The Devil’s Dictionary, p. 266 (1948). Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic’s Word Book. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Presidency |
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