Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
BENJAMIN RUSH[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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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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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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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