None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army ✨ Thomas Je…

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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.166, Algora Publishing
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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.166, Algora Publishing

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