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HOH Word of the Week: Vote

By Jason Dick

Posted December 8, 2014 at 5:00am

“Vote, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.”

— From “The Devil’s Dictionary” by Ambrose Bierce.

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