I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
BENJAMIN RUSHNow 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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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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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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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