Federalist No. 23 (Hamilton)
Argues that the powers necessary to common defense 'ought to exist without limitation,' because it is impossible to foresee national exigencies.
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Hamilton defends an unlimited federal power of defense, arguing that means must be proportioned to ends and rejecting categorical Anti-Federalist objections to standing armies in peacetime.
Federalist No. 8
Warns that disunion would force the states themselves to maintain standing armies, undermining liberty more than a federal force would.
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Defends federal regulation of the militia as a better safeguard than reliance on state forces alone.
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