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.
BENJAMIN RUSHChristianity is the only true and perfect religion.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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 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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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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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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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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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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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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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