"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other."
― James Madison
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War
― James Madison
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- "If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
- "Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense."
- "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
More In War
- "If we don’t end war, war will end us."― H. G. Wells
- "Another term for preventive war is aggressive war – starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition."― Ron Paul
- "Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war."― John Bolton