Army Quote by Samuel Adams

...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

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

— James Madison

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

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

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

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in…

— Noah Webster

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

It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control ...…

— Samuel Adams

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

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

— Noah Webster

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

— James Madison