A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long b…

James Madison
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A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. ✨ James Madison (1787). The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional convention, p.317
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