The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
BENJAMIN RUSHChristianity 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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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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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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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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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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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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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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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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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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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, ’till he returns to them again.
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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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