WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 22 May 2026 18:25:58 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg referendum – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Referendum,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1076/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1076/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1076 REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.


Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Referendum,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
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