Words from our Prophets

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"Not only should we have strong spiritual homes, but we should have strong temporal homes. We should avoid bondage by getting out of debt as soon as we can, pay as we go, and live within our incomes. There is wisdom in having on hand a year's supply of food, clothing, fuel (if possible), and in being prepared to defend our families and our possessions and to take care of ourselves. I believe a man should prepare for the worst, while working for the best."
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 263-264

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"As for this people fostering to themselves that the day has come for them to sell their guns and ammunition to their enemies, and sit down to sleep in peace, they will find themselves deceived and before they know, they will sleep until they are slain. They have got to carry weapons with them, to be ready to send their enemy to hell cross lots, whether they be Lamanites or mobs who may come to take their lives, or destroy their property. We must be prepared that they dare not come to us in a hostile manner without being assured they will meet a vigorous resistance and ten to one they will meet their grave."
Journal of Discourses, Brigham Young, Vol 1, p. 171 - 172, July 31, 1853.

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"No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood--human blood--will win it back."
Ezra Taft Benson, 1979

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"There is one principle which is eternal; it is the duty of all men to protect their lives and the lives of the household, whenever necessity requires, and no power has the right to forbid it, should the last extreme arrive, but I anticipate no such extreme, but caution is the parent of safety."
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six, 1843-44, p. 391

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"The Saints have been advised to pay their own way and maintain a cash reserve. Recent history has demonstrated that in difficult days it is reserves with intrinsic value that are of most worth, rather than [cash] reserves, the value of which may be destroyed through inflation."
Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare Ye,” Ensign, Jan. 1974

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"Communism is the greatest anti-Christ power in the world today, and therefore the greatest menace, not only to our peace but to our preservation as a free people."
Marion G. Romney, Ensign, September, 1979

This seems especially interesting, considering the direction in which our country is now moving...

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This is perhaps one of my favorite quotes, as it speaks volumes about our current administration.

"I believe with all my heart the words of the American patriot Patrick Henry, who, on the eve of the American Revolution, said, ‘There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles with us.’ Further, it is part of my faith that no people can maintain freedom unless their political institutions are founded on faith in God and belief in the existence of moral law. God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights, and no government may morally limit or destroy these."
Ezra Taft Benson, Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 601