MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.
MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.
OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician.
CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the U. S. Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House.
REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.
PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.
HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable as, 'the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur.'
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