"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes...known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." | by: | James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President |
Source: | Political Observations, 1795 |
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