Quoty search results for tag: welfare http://www.quoty.org/tag/welfare Author: The First Presidency (1936), Source: Conference Report, October 1936, p. 3. http://speeches.byu.edu...
Saved by mlsscaress in welfare work selfreliance industry independence thrift selfrespect idleness ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3551Author: First Presidency, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c0...
Saved by cboyack in welfare foodstorage preparedness yearsupply consecration ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3082Author: Gerald Ford, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in government welfare socialism communism ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2970
Though she was a widow, you may turn to the records of the Church from the beginning unto the day of her death, and you will find that she never received a farthing from the Church to help her support herself and her family; but she paid in thousands of dollars in wheat, potatoes, corn, vegetables, meat, etc. The tithes of her sheep, the tenth of her eggs, the tenth pig, the tenth call the tenth colt-a tenth of everything she raised was paid. Here sits my brother, who can bear testimony of the truth of what I say, as can others who knew her.

She prospered because she obeyed the laws of God. She had abundance to sustain her family. We never lacked so much as many others did; for while we have found nettle greens most acceptable when we first came to the valley, and while we enjoyed thistle roots, segoes and all that kind of thing, we were no worse off than thousands of others, and not so bad off as many, for we were never without cornmeal and milk and butter, to my knowledge. Then that widow had her name recorded in the book of the law of the Lord. That widow was entitled to the priveleges of the House of God. No ordinance of the gospel could be denied her, for she was obedient to the laws of God, and she would not fail in her duty, though discouraged from observing a commandment of God by one who was in an official position.

This may be said to be personal. By some it may be considered egotistical. But I do not speak of it in this light. When William Thompson told my mother that she ought not to pay tithing, I thought he was one of the finest fellows in the world. I believed every word he said. I had to work and dig and toil myself. I had to help plow the ground, plat the potatoes, hoe the potatoes, dig the potatoes, and like duties, and then to load up a big wagon box full of the very best we had, leaving out the poor ones, and bringing the load to the tithing office. I thought in my childish way that i8tlooked a little hard, especially when I saw certain of my playmates and early associates of childhood, playing round, riding horses and having good times, and qwho scarcely ever did a lick of work in their lives, and yet were being fed from the public crib. Where are those boys today? Are they known in the Church? Are they prominent among the people of God? Are they or were they ever valiant in the testimony of the truth in their hearts? Are they diligent members of the Church? No, and never have been, as a rule, and most of them are dead or vanished out of sight.

Well, after I got a few years of experience, I was converted, I found that my mother was right and that William Thompson was wrong. He denied the faith, apostazed, left the country, and led away as many of his family as would go with him. I do not want you to deny me the privilege of being numbered with those who have the interest of Zion at heart, and who desire to contribute their proportion tothe upbuilding of Zion, and for the maintenance of the work of the Lord in the earth. It is a blessing that I enjoy, and I do not propose that anybody shall deprive me of that pleasure.
Author: Joseph F. Smith, Source: Gospel Doctrine, pp. 228-229.
Saved by ritchieheber in welfare obedience blessings tithing lawofsacrifice bindthelord ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2931

At the conference, I called on him to speak. I did not know what it might do to him, but I thought I would take a chance. He made a fine talk. He told of his trips to the East, how he explained the gospel to the people he met, and how grateful he was for his heritage. He stated that his opportunities in the world had been magnified and multiplied because his father and mother had joined the Church in the Old World.

As we drove home, he turned to me and said: "My, this has been a wonderful conference. I have enjoyed it."

...I thought to myself, he had enjoyed it because he himself had participated. I was glad he had. Then he said: "You know I have heard many things in this conference, but there is only one thing that I do not understand the way you do."

I said: "What is it?"

"Well," he said, "it is about paying tithing." He thought I would ask him how he paid his tithing, but I did not. I thought if he wanted to tell me, he would. He said: "Would you like me to tell you how I pay my thting?"

I said, "If you want to, you may."

"Well," he said, "if I make ten thousand dollars in a year, I put a thousand dollars in the bank for tithing. I know why it's there. Then when the bishop comes and wants me to make a contribution for thye chapel or give him a check for a missionary who is going away, if I think he needs the money, I give him a check. If a family in the ward is in distress and needs coal or food or clothing or anything else, I write out a check. If I find a boy or a girl who is having difficulty getting through school in the East, I send a check. Little by little I exhaust the thousand dollars, and every dollar of it has gone where I know it has done good. Now, what do you think of it?"

"Well," I said, "do you want me to tell you what I think of it?"

He said, "Yes."

I said: "I think you are a very generous man with someeone else's property." And he nearly tipped the car over.

He said: "What do you mean?"

I said, "You have an idea that you have paid your tithing?"

"Yes," he said.

I said: "You have not paid any tithing. You have told me what you have done with the Lord's money, but you have not told me that you have given anyone a penny of your own. He is the best partner you have in the world. He gives you everything you have, even the air you breathe. He has said you should take one-tenth of what comes to you and give it to the Church as directed by the Lord. You haven't done that; you have taken your best partner's money and have given it away."

Well, I will tell you there was quiet in the car for some time. We rode to Salt Lake City and talked about other things.

About a month after that I met him on the street. He came up, put his arm in mine, and said: "Brother Smith, I am paying my tithing the same way you do." I was very happy to hear that.

Author: George Albert Smith, Source: Improvement Era June, 1947, as quoted in George Albert Smith, Sharing the Gospel With Others
Saved by ritchieheber in welfare tithing generosity partner ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2929Author: Marion G. Romney, Source: “Basics of Church Welfare,” talk given to the Priesthood Board...
Saved by mlsscaress in welfare law promise fast increase fastofferings double ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2885Author: LDS First Presidency, Source: Letter to U.S. Treasury, September 30, 1941
Saved by cboyack in defense constitution liberty welfare socialism communism war nazi society terrorism aggression ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2669
This is the seductive lure of socialism.
Author: Frederic Bastiat, Source: The Law, p. 25
Saved by cboyack in liberty welfare socialism education society morality law justice plunder philanthropy ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2516Author: Marian Wright Edelman, Source: 1993 interview, Psychology Today
Saved by Doc in welfare society children family investment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2015Author: Marian Wright Edelman, Source: unknown
Saved by Doc in welfare society children future family spending investment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2013Author: marian wright edelman, Source: unknown
Saved by Doc in welfare society compassion service family charity community ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2012Author: Ron Paul, Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul303.html
Saved by cboyack in welfare nation foreignpolicy wealth economy gold commerce fortune currency empire ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1591Author: Stephen R. Covey, Source: Six Events, p. 69
Saved by cboyack in church welfare potential example importance service savior selfesteem psychology ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1560Author: David O. McKay, Source: Letter to BYU Administration and Faculty, 1960
Saved by cboyack in government welfare socialism selfreliance ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1127
...what is the real cause of this trend toward the welfare state, toward more socialism? In the last analysis, in my judgment, it is personal unrighteousness. When people do not use their freedoms responsibly and righteously, they will gradually lose these freedoms.

If man will not recognize the inequalities around him and voluntarily, through the gospel plan, come to the aid of his brother, he will find that through 'a democratic process' he will be forced to come to the aid of his brother. The government will take from the 'haves' and give to the 'have nots.' Both have lost their freedom. Those who 'have,' lost their freedom to give voluntarily of their own free will and in the way they desire. Those who 'have not,' lost their freedom because they did not earn what they received. They got 'something for nothing,' and they will neither appreciate the gift nor the giver of the gift.

Under this climate, people gradually become blind to what has happened and to the vital freedoms which they have lost.
Author: Howard W. Hunter, Source: “The Law of the Harvest”, BYU, 8 March 1966.
Saved by cboyack in government freedom welfare socialism harvest reap sow ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1104