Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rushwas a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 January 1746
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
simple government devil
A simple democracy is the devil's own government.
christian religious strong
I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. The spirit is opposed, not only to the splendor, but even to the very forms of monarchy, and many of its precepts have for their objects republican liberty and equality as well as simplicity, integrity, and economy in government. It is only necessary for republicanism to ally itself to the Christian religion to overturn all the corrupted political and religious institutions of the world.
disease physicians made
We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
water hot frozen
Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
book mean government
We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible; for this divine book, above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and all those sober and frugal virtues which constitute the soul of republicanism.
christian republican failing
A Christian cannot fail of being a republican.
peace time war
As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
done constitutional-convention nations
'Tis done. We have become a nation.
jesus patriotic son
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 manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but His blood will wash away my sins.
scandal dies
Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
education religious growing-up
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had rather see the opinions of Confucius or Mahomed inculcated upon our youth than see them grow up wholly devoid of a system of religious principles.
justice support patriotism
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.