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AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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- Ambrose Bierce
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- Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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