Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
BENJAMIN RUSHAs the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation in life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
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By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
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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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If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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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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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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