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Moreover , and most importantly , democracies do n't and have not made war on each other , have by far the least domestic collective violence , and do n't murder their own citizens . In the meantime , Antiochus returned from Alexandria ( for he had then made war upon the king of Egypt , which , however , he gave up by the orders of the senate and Roman people , when Paulus and Crassus were consuls ) , and went to Jerusalem . I say this on the basis of historical experience ; that is , if you compare the instances in which people , mostly men , have committed violent acts and gone to war to those in which people have not gone to war , have rejected war , it seems people do n't naturally want war . " ( Hosack , 346 ) Congress thus refused to provide funds for the canal and as national attention turned to the projected war with Britain , the prospect of federal assistance for the canal vanished . No one has suggested war bonds , tax increases , conscription or any of the standard responsible reactions to a war . It was not without reason , that Cneus Manlius was accused by his Lieutenants of having made war upon the Galatians without authority from the Roman people . For the first time in its 50-year history , NATO has made war on a sovereign nation that is outside of the alliance .