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.
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 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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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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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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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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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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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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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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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
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