The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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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 art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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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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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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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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