Quotes by Benjamin Rush
“It is possible to convert men from error to truth, from vice to virtue, and from slavery to liberty, but it is impossible to convert them from rebellion to obedience.”— Benjamin Rush
“The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion.”— Benjamin Rush
“To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will be to constitute the Bastille of medical science.”— Benjamin Rush
“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship.”— Benjamin Rush
“The American war is over; but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.”— Benjamin Rush
“Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.”— Benjamin Rush
“Without the pen of the author of 'Common Sense,' the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.”— Benjamin Rush
“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.”— Benjamin Rush
“Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property.”— Benjamin Rush