Centralization and its evil step-child nationalism tend to conserve the imperial culture at the expense of tradition. This is why the founding generation, a group of men well versed in the classics, understood that their political experiment—a decentralized federal republic—would quickly descend into monarchy unless Americans firmly embraced both republicanism and a dedication to the preservation of life, liberty, and property, and why no American should champion imperialism at home or abroad.
Simply put, imperialism and centralization are un-American.
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