A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
BENJAMIN RUSHA 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]. . .
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
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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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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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