An Alliance (n.) is formed by men first not to be stolen from, and then to steal.
An Alliance (n.) against a common enemy needs no special pact: when the enemy must be fought directly, interests coincide for the moment and an association of momentary expedience arises by itself.
An Alliance (n.) betrays itself in the wire: the official 1918 telegram proclaiming complete mutual confidence with Germany promised 'active and interrupted co-operation' between the allied diplomats.
An Alliance (n.) with a superpower was for Isaiah a creed in disguise: that weapons, not God, decide the fate of nations.
The Amish (n.) is a rare example that religious fanatics do not have to be a menace.
The Amish (n.) could never correct any wrong information on their wikipedia page.
The Amish (n.) is a people dress in plain clothing to avoid drawing attention to themselves, but their clothing is the thing about them that draws the most attention.
The Amish (n.) have no way of knowing whether they're being treated to a romantic candlelit dinner or just a regular dinner.
An Army (n.) bought by the pseudo-Napoleon with garlic sausages, champagne and cigars answers vive Napoleon, vive le saucisson, hurrah for the sausage and hurrah for the buffoon.
An Army (n.) voted for Bonaparte expecting the Little Corporal behind whom the great revolutionary general hides; it got the great generals behind whom the pipe-clay corporal shelters.
The Army (n.) is some guy you don’t know telling you to go whack some other guy you don’t know.
The Army (n.) is a nation within the nation: it is a vice of our time.
The Artificial group (n.) such as a Church or an army needs an external force to keep it from falling apart; leaving it usually meets punishment.
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