On the record
It is idle to say that the war is over, and therefore the power is suspended.
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Sumner argues against the notion that the power to defend the nation is nullified simply because the war has ended.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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