Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Statesman Quotations

QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.He extracted from his quiver, Did the controversial Roman, An argument well fitted To the question as submitted, Then addressed it to the liver, Of the unpersuaded foeman. --Oglum P. Boomp

AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors --to dislodge the worms.