In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a… — Joel Barlow Business Copy Share Image
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces… — Joel Barlow Bearing arms Copy Share Image
“Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to… — Joel Barlow Freedom Copy Share Image
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding. — Joel Barlow Charm Copy Share Image
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. — Joel Barlow Accustomed Copy Share Image
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind? — Joel Barlow Behinds Copy Share Image
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas.… — Joel Barlow Admire Copy Share Image
He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end. — Joel Barlow Ends Copy Share Image
The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they… — Joel Barlow Accustomed Copy Share Image
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of… — Joel Barlow Cause Copy Share Image
It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. — Joel Barlow Armed Copy Share Image
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