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tblue37

(67,270 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:10 PM 2 hrs ago

Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787:

Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: â€œA 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€
— Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T01:11:32.774Z

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Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: (Original Post) tblue37 2 hrs ago OP

Admiral Adama, Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police": tblue37 2 hrs ago #1

tblue37

(67,270 posts)

1. Admiral Adama, Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police":

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:13 PM

2 hrs ago

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".

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