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Joel Barlow
American
Poet
About the author
It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed.
Joel Barlow,
American
Poet
#People
#Safety
There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.
Joel Barlow,
American
Poet
#Being
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?
Joel Barlow,
American
Poet
#Fear
#Mankind
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.
Joel Barlow,
American
Poet
#Power
#Men
#Cause
#Oppression