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 RUSHScandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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[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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As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
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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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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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