“I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like methodism and not like Latter day Saintism. Methodists have creeds which a man must believe or be kicked out of their church. I want the liberty of believing as I please, it feels so good not to be tramelled.” MenWantFeelsTryingBelieveLooksChurchLibertyToo MuchPleaseDoctrineLatterCreedsLatter DaysMethodistsLatter Day Saints Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“If the choice is given to us of liberty or security, we must scorn the latter with the proper contempt of free man and the sound judgment of wise men who know that liberty and security are not incompatible in the lives of honest men.” IfsKnowsMenChoicesGivenSoundLibertyWiseHonestSecurityJudgmentLatterContemptScornFree ManHonest ManSound Judgment Author:James Farley
“Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness.” HumansGovernmentLibertyMoralSupportVirtueHonorEqualSacredExcellenceScalesFormerProductiveLatterPretensionHuman HappinessMoral Excellence Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
“Among the immediate obligations and duties resting upon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, and one of the most urgent and pressing for attention and action of all liberty loving people, is the preservation of individual liberty.” PeopleTodayActionJesusIndividualChristChurchAttentionLibertyDutyMembersJesus ChristSaintObligationLatterPreservationUrgentIndividual LibertyLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control over our lives, the answer would unambiguously be the latter - more government control over our lives. We might have reached a point where the trend is irreversible and that is a true tragedy for if liberty is lost in America, it will be lost for all times and all places.” IfsGovernmentMightAmericaMovingAsksLostAnswersLibertyOur LivesTragedyAll TimeLatterTrendsIrreversible Author:Walter E. Williams
“Cooperation called fraternity in the classic French formula is as much a part of the democratic ideal as is personal initiative. That cultural conditions were allowed to develop (markedly so in the economic phase) which subordinated cooperativeness to liberty and equality serves to explain the decline in the two latter.” TwoLibertyEconomicConditionsIdealsDemocraticClassicLatterFormulasCooperationDeclineInitiativePhasesFraternityLiberty And EqualityDemocratic Ideals Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939