Benjamin Rush
12/24/1745 – 4/19/1813
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Founder of the first Anti-Slavery Society in America
Founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Founder of the first Anti-Slavery Society in America
Founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Founding Fathers
" I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them 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, constitutes the soul of republicanism. "
" By withholding the knowledge of the Scriptures from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds. "
( 1790’s In Defense of the Bible in all schools in America. )
" I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat. "
( Quoted in Rushes eulogy, 1813 )
" Christianity is the only true and perfect religion. "
" If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into our world would have been unnecessary. "
" Let the children who are sent to those schools be taught to read and write and above all, let both sexes be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. " ( Letters of Benjamin Rush, To the citizens of Philadelphia: 1787 )
" By withholding the knowledge of the Scriptures from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds. "
( 1790’s In Defense of the Bible in all schools in America. )
" I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat. "
( Quoted in Rushes eulogy, 1813 )
" Christianity is the only true and perfect religion. "
" If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into our world would have been unnecessary. "
" Let the children who are sent to those schools be taught to read and write and above all, let both sexes be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. " ( Letters of Benjamin Rush, To the citizens of Philadelphia: 1787 )
