Adventure Quote by Elbridge Gerry

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be…

— Samuel Adams

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up…

— Woodrow Wilson

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

— 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…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for…

— Rachel Maddow

An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.

— Alfred de Vigny

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security…

— Alexander Hamilton

You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the teeth with…

— Emma Goldman

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

— James Madison

ARMYs are the ones who've stood by our side since our difficult days, who've shared our joy and sadness, who know us best.

— Kim Tae-hyung

To make an Army work you have to have every man in it fitted into a fear ladder... The Army functions best when you're…

— Norman Mailer