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LDS Prophets on Voting Principles over Party & Politics (Ezra Taft Benson)
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Now, I am not caring today, for myself, anything at all about a political party tag. So far as I am concerned, I want to know what the man stands for ...When I find out these things, when I know who it is who should receive my support, and I care not what his party tag is...Today, our duty transcends party allegiance; our duty today is allegiance to the Constitution as it was given to us by the Lord. (J. Reuben Clark, Jr., CR 10/62:8)We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity. [Ezra Taft Benson - God, Family, Country]"We engage in the election the same as in any other principle; you are to vote for good men, and if you do not do this it is a sin; to vote for wicked men, it would be sin . Choose the good and refuse the evil. Men of false principles have preyed upon us like wolves upon helpless lambs.. Let every man use his liberties according to the Constitution. Don't fear man or devil; electioneer with all people, male and female, and exhort them to do the thing that is right. We want a President of the United States, not a party President, but a President of the whole peopleand. Have a President who will maintain every man in his rights ." (Hyrum Smith, 1844, DHC-6:323)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.There are some things we can and must do at once if we are to stave off a holocaust of destruction.First: We must return to worship the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ...Second: We must awaken to a sense of [our] awful situation, because of this secret combination which [is] among [us] (Ether 8:24)...Then we must put our trust in Him who has promised us His protection—and pray that He will intervene to preserve our freedom just as He intervened in our obtaining it in the first place.Third: We must do as the Lord commanded us by revelation in 1833: Wherefore, honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently, and good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold; otherwise whatsoever is less than these cometh of evil (D&C 98:10).Last: We must study the inspired Constitution and become involved in the political process ourselves...I fully believe that we can turn things around in America if we have the determination, the morality, the patriotism, and the spirituality to do so.My single-minded concern is for the freedom and welfare of my countrymen and my posterity, the freedom of all men.I testify to you that Gods hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as never before in our history. I further witness that this land—the Americas—must be protected, its Constitution upheld, for this is a land foreordained to be the Zion of our God. He expects us as members of the Church and bearers of His priesthood to do all we can to preserve our liberty.May God bless us that, with His help, we will not fail to bring to pass His purposes on earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.www.LatterdayConservative.com
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