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…

- Benjamin Rush

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 medic…

- Benjamin Rush

Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.

- Benjamin Rush

Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.

- Benjamin Rush

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…

- Benjamin Rush

A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.

- Benjamin Rush

'Tis done. We have become a nation.

- Benjamin Rush

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 se…

- Benjamin Rush

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 taug…

- Benjamin Rush