Not much other than provide for a common defence and leave people alone
“A standing army is one of the greatest mischiefs that can possibly happen.”
James Madison, Debates, Virginia Convention, 1787
“Standing armies are dangerous to liberty.”
Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, 1787
"Standing armies [are] inconsistent with [a people's] freedom and subversive of their quiet." --Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Lord North's Proposition, 1775. Papers 1:231
James Madison, Debates, Virginia Convention, 1787
“Standing armies are dangerous to liberty.”
Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, 1787
"Standing armies [are] inconsistent with [a people's] freedom and subversive of their quiet." --Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Lord North's Proposition, 1775. Papers 1:231
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