By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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.
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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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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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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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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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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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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money.
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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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