I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.
Benjamin RushAs the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.
Benjamin RushFreedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
Benjamin RushWhile the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes about Hebrew points, Greek particles, or the accent and quantity of the Roman language, the youth of America will be employed in acquiring those branches of knowledge which increase the conveniences of life.
Benjamin Rush