Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
BENJAMIN RUSHThe Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against 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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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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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 Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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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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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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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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