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“It may be said, therefore, that the military opinion of the world is opposed to those people who cry 'Democratize the army!' and it must be remembered that an army is not a field upon which persons with Utopian ideas may exercise their political theories, but a weapon for the defence of the State.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 176849447e7ca1604215e4da1177524fbd456961d1a70916960fc5cdf296ac2b
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