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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by James Madison
“Not to contend for such a stake is to surrender our equality with other powers on the element common to all and to violate the sacred title which every member of the society has to its protection”
Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Madison's argument that refusing war would abandon both national equality and the duty of protection.
Citation: "Not to contend for such a stake is to surrender our equality with other powers on the element common to all and to violate the sacred title which every member of the society has to its protection" — James Madison, Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id madison-second-inaugural-address-q6)
