[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 RUSHWithout religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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 Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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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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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let us throw the whole odium of the hostility of physicians to each other upon their competition for business and money.
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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 American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
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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 alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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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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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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Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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