I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
BENJAMIN RUSHUnless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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A belief in God’s universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .
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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money.
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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.
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