Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
BENJAMIN RUSHMothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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As 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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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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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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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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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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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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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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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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