The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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.
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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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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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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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 Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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