Joel Barlow famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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 Barlow

#Revenge #Gun #Hands
He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.
-- Joel Barlow

#Thinking #Soul #Religion
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 Barlow

#Education #People #Theatre
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.
-- Joel Barlow

#Education #Art #Ideas
[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.
-- Joel Barlow

#Men #Gun #Hands
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?
-- Joel Barlow

#Left Behind #Mankind #Behinds
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.
-- Joel Barlow

#Use #Arms #Advantage
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.
-- Joel Barlow

#Sweet #Morning #Meals

Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them.
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
Capital punishment in my view achieved nothing except revenge.
May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms....
You can be straight as a gun barrel theologically, and as empty as one spiritually.
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.

Joel Barlow famous quotes

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