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.
BENJAMIN RUSHA 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]. . .
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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 American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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