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Arms Quotes - Page 16

To be alive is to be afraid, and much to our advantage in many cases, since alarm often preserves us from danger.

Judith N. Shklar, Stanley Hoffmann (1998). “Political Thought and Political Thinkers”, p.11, University of Chicago Press

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.

Joel Barlow (1796). “The Political Writings of Joel Barlow ... A New Edition Corrected”, p.24

[The spirit of party] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.

George Washington, Andrew Jackson (1862). “Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of Independence”, p.8

She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.

Edith Wharton, Barbara Anne White (1995). “Wharton's New England: Seven Stories and Ethan Frome”, p.152, UPNE

Infinite goodness has such wide arms.

Dante Alighieri (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Dante Alighieri (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics