“Men and women who live in America...have a responsibility greater than that yet borne by any other people. Theirs the duty, the obligation to preserve not only the Constitution of the land but the Christian principles from which sprang that immortal document.” PeopleMenChristianAmericaResponsibilityPrinciplesGreaterLandDutyMen And WomenConstitutionObligationPreservesImmortalDocuments Author:David O. McKay
“[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.” FatherPrinciplesConstitutionFaith In God Author:David O. McKay
“Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses of appetite or from individual indifference to great principles or institutions. Any significant unraveling of the moral fiber of the American people, therefore, finally imperils the Constitution.” PeopleLittlesPoliticalIndividualCan DoMoralPrinciplesProtectConstitutionInstitutionsInspiredSignificantIndifferenceAppetiteExcessPolitical PowerFiberUnravelingMoral Fiber Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“Teachings and ideologies subversive to the fundamental principles of this great Republic, which are contrary to the Constitution of the United States, or which are detrimental to the progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be condemned, whether advocated by Republicans or Democrats.” StatesJesusChristChurchUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesProgressTeachingRepublicanJesus ChristConstitutionFundamentalsDemocratSaintContraryIdeologyLatterRepublicSubversiveConstitution Of The United StatesFundamental PrinciplesLatter DaysDetrimentalLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“[The Constitution] will not be saved in Washington. It will be saved by the citizens of this nation who love and cherish freedom...men and women who will subscribe to and abide the principles of the Constitution.” MenNationsPrinciplesCitizensMen And WomenConstitutionSavedCherish Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“The principle of allegiance to the Constitution is basic to our freedom....when you see government invading any of these realms of freedom which we have under our Constitution, you will know that they are putting shackles on your liberty, and that tyranny is creeping upon you, ...no matter what the reason and excuse therefore may be.” KnowsMayMatterReasonGovernmentLibertyPrinciplesConstitutionNo Matter WhatExcuseTyrannyRealmsAllegianceShacklesInvading Author:J. Reuben Clark