A biography for Benjamin Rushhasn’t been written yet.
“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.”
“The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.”
“Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.”
“Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.”
“It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.”
“Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.”