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. As the parent of armies, war encourages debts and taxes, the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended ... The means of defense against a foreign danger historically have become the instruments for tyranny at home.
President James Madison
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