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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Benjamin Rush

I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Anticipate Command Freedom
Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Errors Intelligent Needs
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Justice Patriotism Support
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Christianity Republic Strong
By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Bible Heart Swings
Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
BENJAMIN RUSH

Beer Humorous Liquor
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Believe Inspiration Patriotic
The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Book Men Patriotic
The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Art Healing Medicine
Unless 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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Art Dictatorship Religious Time
I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Alternate Call Christocrat Democrat
By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Children Mean Mind
A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Christian Failing Republican
Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Dream Ideas Sleep
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]. . .
BENJAMIN RUSH

Belief Humanity Love Universal
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Bible Christian Education

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

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