Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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