Joel Barlow
Joel Barlow
Joel Barlowwas an American poet, diplomat, and politician. In politics, he supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 March 1754
CountryUnited States of America
american-poet people
It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed.
american-poet cause destroys discerning forces habitual lose men physical power protecting totally
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
sweet morning meals
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.
gun use arms
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.
mankind left-behind behinds
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?
gun men hands
[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.
education art ideas
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.
education people theatre
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.
thinking soul religion
He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.
revenge gun government
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.