By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
BENJAMIN RUSHChristianity 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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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[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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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 American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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