[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.
BENJAMIN RUSHBeer is a wholesome liquor…..it abounds with nourishment
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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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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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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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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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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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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
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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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I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.
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A simple democracy is the devil’s own government.
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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 Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others.
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