The Reasons for War. The Consequences of War

`Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it compromises and develops the germ of every other. As the parent of armies, war encourages debts and taxes, the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended . . . and ... all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people . . .' Thus, James Madison warned us at the dawn of our republic.