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.
BENJAMIN RUSHWe have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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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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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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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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[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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