A 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]. . .
BENJAMIN RUSHWe have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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[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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
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