A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
BENJAMIN RUSHPatriotism 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 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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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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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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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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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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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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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