Name: Why the Founders Warned Against Standing Armies
Uploaded: 2023-09-13T02:57:35+00:00
Duration: 27 min 46 s
Description: All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t come up with this view on their own - it

Streamed on: Sep 13, 12:30 pm EDT

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All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t come up with this view on their own - it was part of a very long tradition that was opposed to large, permanent military establishments.

Path to Liberty: September 13, 2023

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