Joel Barlow Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: March 24, 1754 - December 26, 1812
Birthday: March 24
Death: December 26
[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.
topic: Men, Gun, Hands, Disarming, Right To Bear Arms, Gun Rights, Discerning
