Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
Source: On signing the Rus-Bagot Convention, 1818 for U.S.-Great Britian to demilitarize the Great Lakes.
-- James Monroe, (Apr 28 1758-1831), US president (5th); He, as 5th U.S. president, announced the Monroe Doctrine, 1832 and created the era of good feeling.