Standing armies are the oppressive instruments for governing the people, in the hands of hereditary and arbitrary monarchs. (Daniel Webster)

Standing armies are the oppressive instruments for governing the people, in the hands of hereditary and arbitrary monarchs.

Daniel Webster

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