The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 3 · paragraph 14

As to those just causes of war which proceed from direct and unlawful violence, it appears equally clear to me that one good national government affords vastly more security against dangers of that sort than can be derived from any other quarter.

Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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