The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue,… — 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
We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles… — 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 Image
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
...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 Image
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
[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 Image
I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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