[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
BENJAMIN RUSHAs 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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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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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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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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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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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