Dr. Benjamin Rush Quote

Quote from Dr. Benjamin Rush,

"The only foundation for... a republic is to be laid in Religion.
Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty,
and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments."

By:	Dr. Benjamin Rush (more quotes by Dr. Benjamin Rush or books by/about Dr. Benjamin Rush)
	(1745-1813) signed the Declaration of Independence, physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, founder of Dickinson College
Date:	1798
Source:	The Selected Writings of Benjamin Rush. Edited by Dagobert D. Runes. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.
Categories:	Morals, Religion, Republic, Virtue
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