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James Madison Quotes: Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
         

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.


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