I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
BENJAMIN RUSHI have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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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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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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[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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
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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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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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