Joel Barlow

“Long has the scheme of governing by fraud been gaining ground.”

“The church, in this case, acts behind the curtain; or if she is seen, it is only as a handmaid of the state.”

“To slander those who tell us truths is to admit that we are guilty.”

“The final abolition of royalty is to be expected from the increasing complexity of government.”

“War... is a remnant of the savage state of man.”

“Gods are fancy's children.”

“And where the south-wind fans the smiling plain, And Indian corn waves its luxuriant grain.”

“He who thinks he can do without the world is much mistaken; but he who thinks the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.”

“Society, in its present state, is a monster.”

“A bad king is a bad thing, but a bad minister is a thing still worse.”

“E'en the wild extremes of changing time, From dark antiquity to ages bright.”

“Sun of the moral world! effulgent source Of man's best wisdom and his steadiest force.”