The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!...My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God… — 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
