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.
BENJAMIN RUSHBy 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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.
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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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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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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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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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