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.
BENJAMIN RUSHMothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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 Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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[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.
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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 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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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