The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they have nothing to revenge in the government (which they cannot have while it is in their own hands)… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
“Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to light my… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding. — Joel Barlow Copy Share
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. — Joel Barlow Copy Share
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind? — Joel Barlow Copy Share
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end. — Joel Barlow Copy Share
The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they have nothing… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the… — Joel Barlow Copy Share
