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(9/17/98)
"When a moral issue does arise, it is the responsibility of the leaders
of the Church to speak out. Gambling, for instance, certainly is a moral
issue. Life is a moral issue. When morality is involved, we have
both the right and the obligation to raise a warning voice. We do not as a
church speak on political issues unless morality is involved."
Boyd K. Packer
"Ensign," May 1992 (April Conference) page 67
(9/18/98)
"How our governments need standards of integrity! How our communities
need
yardsticks to measure decency! How our neighborhoods need models of beauty
and cleanliness! How our schools need continued encouragement and assistance to
maintain high educational standards! Rather than spend time complaining about
the direction in which these institutions are going, we need to exert our
influence in shaping the right direction. A small effort by a few can
result in so much good for all of mankind."
L. Tom Perry
"Ensign," May 1988 (April Conference) page 15
(9/19/98)
"We must become involved in civic affairs. As citizens of this republic,
we cannot do our duty and be idle spectators. It is vital that we follow this
counsel from the Lord: '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). Note the qualities that the
Lord demands in those who are to represent us. They must be good, wise, and
honest. We must be concerted in our desires and efforts to see men and women
represent us who possess all three of these qualities."
Ezra Taft Benson
"The Constitution--A Heavenly Banner"
"BYU Speeches of the Year," 16 September 1986
(9/20/98)
"The only way we can keep our freedom is to work at it. Not some
of us. All of us. Not some of the time, but all of the time. So if
you value your citizenship and want to keep it for yourself and your children
and their children, give it your faith, your belief, and give it your active
support in civic affairs."
"Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball," p. 405
(9/21/98)
"As we have progressed the mist has been removed, and in relation to
these matters, the Elders of Israel begin to understand that they have something
to do with the world politically as well as religiously, that it is as much
their duty to study correct political principles as well as religious, and to
seek to know and comprehend the social and political interests of man, and to
learn and be able to teach that which would be best calculated to promote the
interests of the world."
John Taylor
"Journal of Discourses," 9:340
(1/16/04)
"Let us be good citizens of the nations in which we live. Let us be good
neighbors in our communities. Let us acknowledge the diversity of our society,
recognizing the good in all people. We need not make any surrender of our
theology. But we can set aside any element of suspicion, of provincialism, of
parochialism." - Gordon B. Hinckley, "Our
Testimony to the World," General Conference, April 1997
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