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> [The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire liberal feelings, create a harmony of temper, favorable to a sense of justice and a habit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/the-fine-arts-both-in-those-who-cultivate-and-those-only-who-admire/)

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## More by Joel Barlow

> [In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/in-raising-a-people-from-slavery-to-freedom-you-have-called-them-to/)

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> [ \[The disarming of citizens\] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/the-disarming-of-citizens-has-a-double-effect-it-palsies-the-hand-and/)

[Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-barlow/)

> [“Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to light my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/almighty-freedom-give-my-venturous-song-the-force-the-charm-that-to/)

[Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-barlow/)

> [I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/i-sing-the-sweets-i-know-the-charms-i-feel-my-morning-incense-and-my/)

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> [There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/there-are-many-advantages-in-their-being-accustomed-to-the-use-of/)

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> [How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/how-could-you-fear-a-dearth-have-not-mankind-tho-slain-by-millions/)

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> [The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/the-fine-arts-both-in-those-who-cultivate-and-those-only-who-admire/)

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> [He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/he-who-thinks-to-save-anything-by-his-religion-besides-his-soul-will/)

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> [The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the \*government\*, not to \*society\*; and as long as they have nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/the-danger-where-there-is-any-from-armed-citizens-is-only-to-the/)

[Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-barlow/)

> [A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/a-habitual-disuse-of-physical-forces-totally-destroys-the-moral-and/)

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> [It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-barlow/it-is-because-the-people-are-citizens-that-they-are-with-safety-armed/)

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