Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation in life. Happy they who are enabled… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
“The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. The spirit is opposed, not only to the splendor, but even… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
...This large and expensive stock of drugs will be unnecessary. By...doses of...medicines...multiplying...combining them properly, 20 to 30 articles, aided by the common resources of… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
[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… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
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,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share
