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James Madison

Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

James Madison

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James Madison is saying that people often give up their freedoms within their own country because of laws or rules made to protect against threats from other nations, whether those threats are real or just imagined. This suggests that fear of foreign danger can be used as a reason to reduce personal rights at home.

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