A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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 art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
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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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