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.
BENJAMIN RUSHWithout religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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 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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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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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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.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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