The Devil's Dictionary: Administration

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
ADHERENT
ADMIRAL

ADMINISTRATION

-n.

An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

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