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On the recordMay 21, 2013
Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, . . . No Nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers cites Madison on the dangers of war to public liberty.

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