A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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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Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
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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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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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Without Virtue there can be no liberty
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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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A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
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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 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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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.
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If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
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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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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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Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
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