INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government. (Ambrose Bierce)

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Ambrose Bierce

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