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To THE powers proposed to be conferred upon the federal government, in respect to the creation and direction of the national forces, I have met with but one specific objection, which, if I understand it right, is this, that proper provision has not been made against the existence of standing armies in time of peace; an objection which, I shall now endeavor to shew, rests on weak and unsubstantial foundations.
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Hamilton, A., Madison, J., Jay, J. (2009). Federalist No. 24. In: The Federalist Papers. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230102019_9
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