Joel Barlow quotes
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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 to revenge in the government (which they cannot have while it is in their own hands) there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.”
-- Joel BarlowSource : Joel Barlow (1796). “The Political Writings of Joel Barlow ... A New Edition Corrected”, p.24
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“He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.”
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“In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.”
-- Joel BarlowSource : Joel Barlow (1796). “The Political Writings of Joel Barlow ... A New Edition Corrected”, p.192
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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 of moderation in our social intercourse.”
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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 the moral [force]; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.”
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“How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?”
-- Joel BarlowSource : Joel Barlow, “ADVICe To A Raven In Russia (1812)”
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“There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.”
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“I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.”
-- Joel BarlowSource : 1796 'The Hasty-Pudding', canto1
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“Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge.”
Source : Albert Pierrepoint (1974). “Executioner, Pierrepoint”
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“Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.”
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“We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.”
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“You can be straight as a gun barrel theologically, and as empty as one spiritually.”
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“A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.”
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