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.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book 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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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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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[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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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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