[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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
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A belief in God’s universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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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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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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