Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. Benjamin Rush More Quotes by Benjamin Rush More Quotes From Benjamin Rush There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue and knowledge through every part of the state by means of proper places and modes of education and this can be done effectively only by the aid of the legislature. Benjamin Rush democracy government mean Were I disposed to consider the comparative merit of each of them [facts or theories in medical practice], I should derive most of the evils of medicine from supposed facts, and ascribe all the remedies which have been uniformly and extensively useful, to such theories as are true. Facts are combined and rendered useful only by means of theories, and the more disposed men are to reason, the more minute and extensive they become in their observations Benjamin Rush men science mean 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. Benjamin Rush doe country school We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal. Benjamin Rush physicians disease made I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. Benjamin Rush republicanism strong christianity 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 form of our government . . . . He must be taught to love his fellow creatures in every part of the world, but he must cherish with a more intense and peculiar affection the citizens of Pennsylvania and of the United States. Benjamin Rush teaching wise education Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb. Benjamin Rush frozen hot water Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy. Benjamin Rush patriotic wise perfect The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation. Benjamin Rush medicine healing art I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American. Benjamin Rush anticipate command freedom Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep. Benjamin Rush dream sleep ideas 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. Benjamin Rush growing-up religious education Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it. Benjamin Rush scandal dies 'Tis done. We have become a nation. Benjamin Rush constitutional-convention nations done 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. The Amor Patriae love of ones country is both a moral duty and a religious duty. It comprehends not only the love of our neighbors but of millions of our fellow creatures, not only of the present but of future generations. This virtue we find constitutes a part of the first characters of history. Benjamin Rush religious character country A Christian cannot fail of being a republican. Benjamin Rush republican failing christian In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of violence and even of unkindness against their fellow men by observing in them something which resembles the Savior of the World? If nothing else certainly, a human figure? Benjamin Rush kings men father Christianity is the only true and perfect religion. Benjamin Rush religious god bible 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. Benjamin Rush government mean book In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without it," but by asserting that without religion morals are the effects of causes as purely physical as pleasant breezes and fruitful seasons. Benjamin Rush foundation leaving religion
