None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ou…

Thomas Jefferson
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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.167, Algora Publishing
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None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.167, Algora Publishing

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