Is it happening again, America?  ... FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us;... For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offences: He is, at this Time, transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the Works of Death, Desolation, and Tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and Perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous Ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized Nation... (excerpt from the Declaration of Independence)