[MamaTexan]

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
James Madison - Political Observations, 1795

[PGalt]

Great quote! I hadn’t seen that one before. Thanks, MamaTexan.

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The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.”2 — Majid Khadduri

From...The Quranic Concept of War...

http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/Articles/06winter/win-ess.pdf