Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
BENJAMIN RUSH[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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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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 American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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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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