The Paradoxical Power of Liberty
Or how the national security state saps our strength
Will National Security be the Death of Us?
In 1825, in his first State of the Union address, John Quincy Adams laid down the fundamental principle of strategy for a commercial republic: “let us not be unmindful that liberty is power; that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation …
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