Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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.
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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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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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 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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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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