James Madison talks about peace and war

Posted on September 9, 2005
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“How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of every hostile nation?” – James Madison (Federalist No. 41, 1788)

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