Tis done. We have become a nation.
BENJAMIN RUSHFreedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill 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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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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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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 Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.
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By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
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