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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.

Benjamin Rush

Without Virtue there can be no liberty
BENJAMIN RUSH

Freedom Liberty Morality
Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Frozen Hot Water
Mania’s premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Bipolar Extravagance House
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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Errors Intelligent Needs
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Christianity Republic Strong
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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Dies Scandal
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Believe Real Religion
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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Death Life Mean Son
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Bible God Religious
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Bible Christian Education
A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Christian Failing Republican
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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Children Mean Mind
Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Controversy Errors Fear
Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Body Madness Mind
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.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Lives Scripture Study
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
BENJAMIN RUSH

Blessing Independence Day Liberty

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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