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• 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....
• As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on Christian religion.
  .. -- Joel Barlow (1754-1812) -- Treaty with Tripoli (signed 1797)...
• Civilized people need love for full sexual satisfaction.
• Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.
  The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops....
• 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]...
• It would not be civilized.
• A nation's advance as a civilized society can be properly guaged by the manner in which it treats the poor and the elderly - often the same people.
• Commandment Number One of any truly civilized society is thi
  Let people be different. -- David Grayso...
• There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.
  -- Walter Slovotsky, The Warrior Lives by Joel Rosenberg...