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 RUSHLiberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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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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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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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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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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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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