Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe 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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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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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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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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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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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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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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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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