Report, if you have a problem with this page“ The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people. ”
James Madison
From : Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison
