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James Madison

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.

James Madison

War

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James Madison is saying that war is especially dangerous to people's freedom because it contains the potential for all other threats to liberty to grow from it. In other words, war creates conditions that can lead to many other problems that harm public freedom.

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