The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
BENJAMIN RUSHI anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
More Benjamin Rush Quotes
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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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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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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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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 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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Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.
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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 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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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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