A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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 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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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
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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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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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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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