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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Benjamin Rush

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Controversy Errors Fear
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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Death Life Mean Son
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 RUSH

Belief Humanity Love Universal
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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Believe Real Religion
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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Dies Scandal
By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
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Bible Heart Swings
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
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Bible God Religious
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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Body Madness Mind
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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Bible Christian Education
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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Errors Intelligent Needs
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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Patriotic Perfect Wise
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Education Mean Patriotic
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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Art Dictatorship Religious Time
A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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Democracy Government Simple
Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Frozen Hot Water
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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Mean Men Savages

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