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Joel Barlow Quotes
Page 1 of 1Joel Barlow
March 24, 1754 - December 24, 1812
Nationality: American
Category: Poet
Subcategory: American Poet
|  It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed. | | 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. | | There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. | | How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind? |
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