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Constitution to Hang by a Thread The �constitut...

Constitution to Hang by a Thread

The �constitution to hang by a thread� is a statement often attributed to Joseph Smith. The following is the �only known contemporary account of this well-known prophecy of Joseph Smith�

Author: Believe All Things Blog, Source: http://www.believeallthings.com/1308/constitution-hang-thread
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We the people are the rightful masters of both ...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Author: Abraham Lincoln, Source: Unknown
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Well, we were told by the Prophet Joseph Smith,...

Well, we were told by the Prophet Joseph Smith, that the United States Government and people would come to this: that they would undermine one principle of the Constitution after another, until its whole fabric would be torn away, and that it would become the duty of the Latter-day Saints and those in sympathy with them to rescue it from destruction, and to maintain and sustain the principles of human freedom for which our fathers fought and bled. We look for these things to come in quick succession.

Author: Erastus Snow, Source: Journal of Discourses, 26:213
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God provided that in this land of liberty, our ...

God provided that in this land of liberty, our political allegiance shall run not to individuals, that is, to government officials, no matter how great or how small they may be. Under His plan our allegiance and the only allegiance we owe as citizens or denizens of the United States, runs to our inspired Constitution which God himself set up. So runs the oath of office of those who participate in government. A certain loyalty we do owe to the office which a man holds, but even here we owe just by reason of our citizenship, no loyalty to the man himself. In other countries it is to the individual that allegiance runs. This principle of allegiance to the Constitution is basic to our freedom. It is one of the great principles that distinguishes this `land of liberty' from other countries.

Author: J. Reuben Clark, Source: Improvement Era, July 1940, p. 444
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"Let us face reality. The framers [of the Const...

"Let us face reality. The framers [of the Constitution] have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separated institutions that cannot be unified by mechanical linkages, frail bridges, tinkering. If we are to `turn the founders upside down'--to put together what they put asunder--we must directly confront the constitutional structure they erected." (James MacGregor Burns, The Power to Lead, 1984.)

Author: James MacGregor Burns, Source: The Power to Lead, 1984.)
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Let the American youth never forget, that they ...

Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings and blood of their ancestors; and capable, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence�Republics are created by the virture, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens.� They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

Author: Joseph Story, Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=5NyyJZn3_nQC&pg=PA687&vq=let+...
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"We have no government armed with power capable...

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Author: John Adams, Source: Address to the Military, October 11, 1798
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Human passions unbridled by morality and religi...

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
Author: John Adams, Source: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NGJlNWNmNzA5ZmZkYjR...
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It was all part of God�s plan�the coming of Col...

It was all part of God�s plan�the coming of Columbus, the colonization, wise men raised up to frame the Constitution, Joseph Smith prepared for his part in the restoration of the gospel, even the persecution which drove the Saints to the Rocky Mountains where the Church could continue to grow.

What does all this mean to you and me as individuals? It means that God, as our Father, made all these arrangements for you and me. We were part of his eternal scheme. And so it is not enough merely to observe these various anniversaries, but we must recommit and rededicate ourselves to uphold the convictions and the principles upon which the blessings we enjoy are predicated. We too must be prepared to sacrifice, where necessary, to keep our freedoms inviolate. My father used to say: �The true way to honor the past is to improve upon it.�

Therefore, we should love God more. We should serve our fellowmen better. We should keep all the commandments. We should be better prepared as parents to teach our children to pray and to walk uprightly before the Lord, and to assume their responsibilities. It would be tragic if for fear of the challenge involved the descendants of those who gave so liberally and sacrificed so much shrank from the duties of their day and time.
Author: President N. Eldon Tanner, Source: Pioneers Are Still Needed, Ensign, Jul 1976, 2. http://www.lds...
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There will be two great political parties in th...

There will be two great political parties in this country. One will be called the Republican, and the other the Democrat party. These two parties will go to war and out of these two parties will spring another party which will be the Independent American Party. The United States will spend her strength and means warring in foreign lands until other nations will say, �Let�s divide up the lands of the United States,� then the people of the U.S. will unite and swear by the blood of their fore-fathers, that the land shall not be divided. Then the country will go to war, and they will fight until one half of the U.S. army will give up, and the rest will continue to struggle. They will keep on until they are very ragged and discouraged, and almost ready to give up�when the boys from the mountains will rush forth in time to save the American Army from defeat and ruin. And they will say, �Brethren, we are glad you have come; give us men, henceforth, who can talk with God.� Then you will have friends, but you will save the country when its liberty hangs by a hair, as it were.
Author: Joseph Smith, Jr., Source: Autobiography of Mosiah Hancock
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Author: Dallin H. Oaks, Source: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/...
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Above all else, strive to support good and cons...

Above all else, strive to support good and conscientious candidates of either party who are aware of the great dangers inherent in communism, and who are truly dedicated to the Constitution in the tradition of our founding fathers.
Author: David O. McKay, Source: The Gospel and the Individual, p. 903
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The people made the Constitution, and the peopl...

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.
Author: John Marshall, Source: http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/texts/cohens.htm
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[James Madison] was not trained in any particul...

[James Madison] was not trained in any particular profession, but he was widely read and capable of clear and independent thought, remarkably unburdened by prevailing assumptions.
Author: Rex E. Lee, Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1748&tid=2
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The turn will come when we entrust the conduct ...

The turn will come when we entrust the conduct of our affairs to the men who understand that their first duty as public officials is to divest themselves of the power that they have been given. It will come when Americans, in hundreds of communities throughout the nation, decide to put the man in office who is pledged to enforce the Constitution and restore the Republic. Who will proclaim in a campaign speech: 'I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel the old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is �needed� before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents� �interests,� I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.'
Author: Barry Goldwater, Source: The Conscience of a Conservative, 1960: Victor Publishing Company, Shepherdsville, Ky., p. 17
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