The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
BENJAMIN RUSHWithout Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
BENJAMIN RUSHMothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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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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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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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]. . .
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
BENJAMIN RUSHScandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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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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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.
BENJAMIN RUSHUnless 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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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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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.
BENJAMIN RUSHAs 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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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