Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, "soaring swine.")"
Arabian | Aristocratese | Authority | Condition |
Elections | Equivalent | Exact | Exercise |
Fable | Fraudulent | Means | Nearly |
Nothing | Omnipotent | Rabble | Republic |
Sacred | Simurgh | Soaring | Supreme |
Swine | Tempered | Tongue | Word |