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James Madison Quotes: It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
         

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.


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