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- All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get… — 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… — Aristotle
- A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical… — James Madison
- ...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,… — Alexander Hamilton
- He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a… — Unknown Author
- The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that… — Emma Goldman
- Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have… — 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… — Alexander Hamilton
- If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. — Ezra Klein