Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
BENJAMIN RUSHIf 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.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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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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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.
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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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