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Sufficiently flattered in leading the armies of their countrymen, the ambition of commanders could as little suggest such designs, as the liberty of the people could submit to them.
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Lysander Spooner
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Editor's note · Context
Spooner argues that the ambition of military leaders cannot lead to the subjugation of a free people.
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