The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.
BENJAMIN RUSHWithout religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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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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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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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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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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[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.
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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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