The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation in life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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