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.
BENJAMIN RUSHScandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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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 Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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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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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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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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