Armed Quote by Joel Barlow Download Open image “It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed.” — Joel Barlow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Armed Because Citizens People Safety
Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people… — James Madison Copy Share Image
To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes. — Sarah Brady 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 have nothing… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe. — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the equalizing tools… — Edgar A Suter Copy Share Image
Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
When any nation mistrusts it's citizens with guns, it's sending a clear message. It no longer trusts it's citizens because such a government has… — George Washington Copy Share Image
More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It has always been sensible for good citizens to own and carry firearms for lawful protection against violent criminals who prey on decent people. — Wayne LaPierre 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 Image
[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 Image
“Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to light my way, To nerve my country with the patriot lay, To teach all men where all their interest lies, How rulers may be just and nations wise: Strong in thy strength I bend no suppliant knee, Invoke… — 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 Image
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind? — Joel Barlow 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. They inspire… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end. — Joel Barlow 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 have nothing… — Joel Barlow 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 discerning the… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the Armed… — Peter Pace Copy Share Image
We've had Saudis and Jordanians and Pakistanis who have - and Syrians - who have been involved in armed attacks against coalition forces in… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from… — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
“Neither the Russians nor the Americans were the cleverest people, or the most experienced, in the world that followed 1945. The French were rather more civilized, the British more knowledgeable, and even the Italians at times more practical. But if you have the ships, the guns, and the money, too, cleverness or experience is not really necessary. Even a reasonable… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share
These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the… — Ethan A. Hitchcock Copy Share Image
The FBI was formed because the gangsters were better armed, better financed. — Michael Horse Copy Share Image
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
About the only things that are unique to Earth are our biota and our culture. If aliens ever come here, they'd most likely be… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
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