A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
BENJAMIN RUSHTerror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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