Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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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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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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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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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.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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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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