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Ambrose Bierce Quotes: When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.
         

When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.


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This page presents the quote "When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about firsts, instinct,.