Army Quote by James Madison Download Open image “A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.” — James Madison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Army Mischief Standing
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
...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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. — James Madison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. — James Madison Copy Share Image
They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“... But besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government , there is an evil which ought to be guarded… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
Every army in the history of the world has always had some deserters, usually much greater than we have today, because once again every… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress… — Shay Mitchell Copy Share Image
Growing up with a parent in the army, I saw firsthand the challenges our service members face when transitioning to new jobs after time… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
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