Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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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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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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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
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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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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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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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