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.
BENJAMIN RUSHI have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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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 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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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.
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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 religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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 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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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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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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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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.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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