Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.
ATTRIBUTION:
James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. “Political Reflections” (February 23, 1799). W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 17, p. 241, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991).
