MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador."

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Agent	Ambassador	Below	Country
Degree	Diplomacy	Embodiment	Foreign
Higher	Hostility	Into	Inveracity
Lower	Minister	Next	Officer
Plausible	Power	Principal	Qualification
Responsibility	Sent	Sovereigns	Visible

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