AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors to dislodge the worms. (Ambrose Bierce)

AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors to dislodge the worms.

Ambrose Bierce

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