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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787:
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
— Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T01:11:32.774Z
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: âA standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.â
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Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: (Original Post)
tblue37
Oct 2025
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tblue37
(68,344 posts)1. Admiral Adama, Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police":
One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people".
orangecrush
(29,370 posts)2. KICK
soldierant
(9,304 posts)3. I just love her name -
"Immergut" is German for "always good." So far that's o point. Hope it lasts (I do wonder how she got past the Heritage Foundation.
