"Constant apprehension of war, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home... "
2006-11-16 09:30:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I remember when you warned me about that. I was 10 years old at the time, you were long dead and you spoke to me through history in a book and in the face of my public school teacher.
You're wisdom has spanned the ages and its' echo is heard resoundingly in the hearts of every defender of liberty and rights.
You and your ilk are sorely missed by the seekers of truth and justice in these times of turmoil and uncerainty.
Thank you again for a timely reminder. Your legacy is neither gone nor forgotten. Eternal vigil o' hero.
2006-11-16 09:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by William P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree for the most part. However, your time and the time at hand now, are greatly different. The same on one hand, but more advanced in the other. I wish for them simpler times when things moved a little slower, people respected one another more, kids had better home in which to grow in. After all is not our best "Defense against Foreign Danger", is how we respond to them and is not our response our teaching as a child from our Parents? If family values were put back on the table today like they were in the yesterdays, then Defense of any Danger would be simpler.
So Say We All!
2006-11-16 17:45:50 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah its was great that our vast military and overgrown executive branchprotected us at Pearl Harbor when we were attacked and also 5 yrs ago when we were attacked in New York. Yeah I'm glad that they have done nothing but surpress the will of the people.
2006-11-16 17:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by bmw4909 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
this sure makes me think thats forsure.
but I can say that he would never have imagined that a country on the other side of the world could push a button and send a projectile into his back yard wiping this country off the face of the earth. Times have changed
2006-11-16 17:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by CaptainObvious 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i would like to add that up until the Spanish American war, the U.S. had been a country founded on isolationism. Why did we have to forsake our forefathers?
2006-11-16 17:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by smartass 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what you said, but you have to watch out for congress too.
2006-11-16 17:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying terrorism is not the sole property of Hezbollah and Hamas?
2006-11-16 17:46:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right on! That's the best post I've seen in a week.
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2006-11-16 17:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by twowords 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember reading it, but then again, i remembering reading that Washington said that the US should stay out of foreign affairs. That would not have worked out in WW2, now would it?
2006-11-16 17:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please enlighten us.
Were you in Tuns Tavern when you said it. So many important events took place at Tuns.
Go big Red Go
2006-11-16 17:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋