"In
other words, Madison (James Madison) understood that large military
forces can become the tools of tyrants, and can bankrupt the nations
that support them. Instead of debating who should be secretary of
defense, we should be studying the writing of our own Founding Fathers.
Perhaps then we will question the wisdom of an open-ended, vague "war
on terror" and the realities of trying to remake whole societies in our
image."
Ron Paul. On Patriotism