Army Quote by James Madison

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

— James Madison

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

— Plutarch

A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies

— Edmund Randolph

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

— Aristotle

War is the province of danger.

— Carl von Clausewitz

“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.”

— Seth Daniel Parker

“But there are no more nations beyond us; nothing is there but waves and rocks, and the Romans, more deadly still than these -…

— Tacitus

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some…

— Plato

“A tolerably extensive reading of campaigns and military histories justifies me in saying that such an exhibition of unsuspicious security in the presence of…

— Warren Olney

The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the army was…

— Herbert Read

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.

— Ludwig von Mises