Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
BENJAMIN RUSHDreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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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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[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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 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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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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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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