[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.
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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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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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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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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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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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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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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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 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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.
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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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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