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PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite - the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.

In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.