The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 20 · paragraph 11
His revenue, exclusive of his private income, amounts to three hundred thousand florins. The standing army which he commands consists of about forty thousand men.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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