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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.

Benjamin Rush

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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Education Mean Patriotic
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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Christianity Republic Strong
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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Credit Men Pioneers
A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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Christian Failing Republican
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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Death Life Mean Son
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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Body Madness Mind
Mothers and schools plant the seeds of nearly all the good and evil which exists in the world.
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Evil Mother School
A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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Democracy Government Simple
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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Believe Inspiration Patriotic
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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Justice Patriotism Support
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.
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Bible Reading School
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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Believe Real Religion
Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Constitutional Convention Done Nations
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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Bible God Religious
Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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Lives Scripture Study
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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Mean Men Savages

A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.

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