Quorum of the Twelve

Elder Dallin H. Oaks testifies before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Oct 2011

Agency, Constitution, Government, Liberty, Politics, Voluntarism, Welfare June 12, 2016

“…private sector…essential to preserving pluralism and freedom…”

“…I submit that most Americans would not have us relinquish the freedom and diversity of our vigorous private sector of charities in exchange for the assurance that the government would select and manage their functions. …That private, non-profit sector has always been an important counterweight to the powers and potentially repressive influence of governments. The private sector is essential to preserving pluralism and freedom in our nation.”

Elder D. Todd Christofferson addresses members of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Feb 4 2016

Agency, Government, Law, Liberty June 12, 2016

“Law Allows Us to Reach Our Potential…”

“…insofar as humanly possible, man’s laws and legal systems should be tied to and reflect the same purpose as God’s laws—to foster our becoming all that we can become here and hereafter… Rather than seeing law as an instrument of domination, it is our mission to use it as an enabling power to help men and women achieve greater independence and ultimate potential.”

John Taylor, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880-1887

Agency, Communism, Consent of Governed, Government, Politics, Self Reliance, Socialism, Voluntarism June 5, 2016

On The Incompetency Of The Means Made Use Of By Man To Regenerate The World

“There is also another political party, who desire, through the influence of legislation and coercion, to level the world. To say the least, it is a species of robbery… Let this principle exist, and all energy and enterprise would be crushed. Men would be afraid of again accumulating, lest they should again be robbed. Industry and talent would have no stimulant, and confusion and ruin would inevitably follow.”

President John Taylor

Communism, Consecration, Discipleship, Last Days, Socialism June 4, 2016

The Purposes of God—Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints

“…the world have generally made great mistakes upon these points. They have started various projects to try to unite and cement the people together without God; but they could not do it. Fourierism, Communism—another branch of the same thing—and many other principles of the same kind …but all these things have failed, and they will fail, because, however philanthropic, humanitarian, benevolent, or cosmopolitan our ideas, it is impossible to produce a true and correct union without the Spirit of the living God…”

Elder Henry B. Eyring speaks in General Conference, April1997

Discipleship, Personal Revelation, Prophecy May 28, 2016

Finding Safety in Counsel

“Sometimes we will receive counsel that we cannot understand or that seems not to apply to us, even after careful prayer and thought. Don’t discard the counsel, but hold it close. If someone you trusted handed you what appeared to be nothing more than sand with the promise that it contained gold, you might wisely hold it in your hand awhile, shaking it gently. Every time I have done that with counsel from a prophet, after a time the gold flakes have begun to appear and I have been grateful.”

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Consecration, Courage, Discipleship, Family, Personal Revelation, Self Reliance, Welfare May 8, 2016

Fathers

Breadwinning is a consecrated activity. “Work and family are overlapping domains.” …This, of course, does not justify a man who neglects his family for his career or, at the other extreme, one who will not exert himself and is content to shift his responsibility to others. …We recognize the agony of men who are unable to find ways and means adequately to sustain their families. There is no shame for those who, at a given moment, despite their best efforts, cannot fulfill all the duties and functions of fathers. “Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.”

Elder Robert D. Hales speaks in General Conference, April 2015

Agency, Government, Last Days, Liberty, Politics, Religious Freedom May 7, 2016

Preserving Agency, Protecting Religious Freedom

“As we walk the path of spiritual liberty in these last days, we must understand that the faithful use of our agency depends upon our having religious freedom. We already know that Satan does not want this freedom to be ours. …he is fiercely undermining, opposing, and spreading confusion about religious freedom—what it is and why it is essential to our spiritual life and our very salvation.”