Home » Quote » Ambrose Bierce » „Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.“ „Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.“ — Ambrose Bierce Related quotes „Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Clarionet, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet -- two clarionets.“ — Ambrose Bierce „Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.“ — Ambrose Bierce „I maintain that education is a prime instrument of national purpose and that the quality of its education is inseparably involved in the quality of the nation.“ — Zakir Hussain (politician) „Our union must know no clime, boundary, or nationality… let us hold together under all climes and in every country…“ — Marcus Garvey „That was Hera. Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.“ — Rick Riordan