Tis done. We have become a nation.
BENJAMIN RUSHMirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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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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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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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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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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