Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics
Latter-day Responsibility: Choosing Liberty Through Personal Accountability
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I gave the following talk in my ward today: photo credit: colors_fade A need for defending the family In 1995, the Council on Families in America issued a report titled "Marriage in America: a report to the nation." In that paper, this diverse group of family scholars said the following: The divorce revolution—the steady displacement [...]
photo credit: Stephen Poff In an effort to inspire the colonials to stay the course in throwing off the shackles of British tyranny, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets titled The American Crisis. The first of these pamphlets began with the lines: These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and [...]
photo credit: mypixbox In a 2004 General Conference address discussing how the Saints of God are to oppose evil, President Hinckley stressed the need for our active involvement in defending truth and righteousness. Noting the influence that a small group of individuals can have, he remarked that “we are not likely to get that which [...]
photo credit: Elle Moss How do you know what you know? With a near-infinite combination of lifestyles, cultures, theologies, and opinions, how can one be certain that his world view is the best or most correct? In our shared attempt to understand our lives and the world around us, the worst thing we can do [...]
photo credit: ashley rose Robert Lefevre was expressing a fundamental truism when he declared that government is in reality a disease that also masquerades as a cure. Of course, this duplicitous double punch requires placing the blame for the disease on others’ shoulders. For if people understood that government caused the problem, they would be [...]
photo credit: prophoto2008 Frédéric Bastiat once wrote that "the worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended." Throughout his life, Bastiat contributed a great deal of forceful arguments in the defense of free markets and individual liberty. He is most remembered for his [...]
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It is truly astonishing that we allow ourselves to be governed by people whose primary qualification is that they won a popularity contest.
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