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.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
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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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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 Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation in life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!
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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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.
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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.
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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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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