Quotes by Benjamin Rush

About Benjamin Rush:

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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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.

Benjamin Rush

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.

Benjamin Rush

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

Benjamin Rush

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Benjamin Rush

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

Benjamin Rush

The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.

Benjamin Rush

Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution the time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to doctors and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of m...

Benjamin Rush

Author Bio

  • NameBenjamin Rush
  • DescriptionAmerican physician, educator, author
  • AliasesRush, Benjamin
  • BornJanuary 7, 1746
  • DiedApril 19, 1813
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionChemist; Writer; Psychiatrist; Physician; University Professor