Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military
establishments which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to
liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican
liberty.
-- George Washington (1732-1799) "To the People of the US" 19 Sept. 1796
establishments which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to
liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican
liberty.
-- George Washington (1732-1799) "To the People of the US" 19 Sept. 1796
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