Standing Army Quotes

31 quotes by 20 authors

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the… — Adam Carolla
A standing army is a standing menace to liberty. — Voltairine de Cleyre
A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen. — James Madison
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what… — Aristotle
A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it,… — James Madison
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at… — Alexander Hamilton
He was Caesar and Pope in oÂne; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without… — Benjamin Smith
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful… — Emma Goldman
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against… — Henry David Thoreau
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against… — Alexander Hamilton
If you look at how the federal government spends our money, itâ€™s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. — Ezra Klein
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesnâ€™t ask the question:… — George R. R. Martin
You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be… — Thomas Jefferson
You arenâ€™t advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade. — David Ogilvy
I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a… — Woodrow Wilson
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people. — Lotus Coffman
A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure. — Elbridge Gerry
Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army. — Vladimir Lenin

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