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The greatest liberators are usually slave of an idea.
But we know God hath not left one Man so to the Mercy of another, that he may starve him is he please: God the Lord and Father of all, has given no one of his Children such a Property, in his perculiar Portion of hte things of this World, but that he has given his needy Brother a Right to the Surplusage of his Goods; so that it cannot justly be denyed him, when his pressing Wants call for it. And therefore no Man could ever have a just Power over the Life of another, by Right of property in Land or Possessions; since 'twould always be a Sin in any Man of Estate, to let his Brother perish for want of affording him Relief out of his Plenty. As Justice gives every Man a Title to the produce of his honest Industry, and the fair Acquisitions of his Ancestors descended to him; so Charity gives evert Man a Title to so much out of another's Plenty, as will keep from from extream want, where he has no means to subsist otehrwise; and a Man can no more justly make use of another's necessity, to force him to become his Vassal, by with-holding that Relief, God requires him to afford to the wants of his Brother, than he that has more strength can seize upon a weaker, master him to his Obedience and with a Dagger at his Throat offer him Death or Slavery.
Thus, today, brethren, we are in danger of actually surrendering our personal and property rights. This development, if it does occur in full form, will be a sad tragedy for our people. We must recognize that PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN LIBERTY.
Former United States Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland, from our own state, carefully stated it as follows:
"It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right TO property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual — the man — has three great rights, equally sacred from arbitrary interference; the RIGHT TO HIS LIFE, the RIGHT TO HIS LIBERTY, and the RIGHT TO HIS PROPERTY. The three rights are so bound together as to be essentially ONE right. To give a man his life, but deny him liberty, is to take from him all that makes life worth living. To give him liberty but take from him the property which is the fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still leave him a slave."
Author: David O. McKay, Source: Conf Rep. Oct. 1962, p. 6Saved by cboyack in constitution liberty government freedom slavery life individual right property 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Source: UnknownSaved by cboyack in liberty freedom slavery ignorance 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave.
Author: Leo Tolstoy, Source: UnknownSaved by cboyack in slavery money economy currency 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville, Source: UnknownSaved by cboyack in liberty freedom slavery equality equal 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Elder Jesse W. Fox, Sen., received the narration from Father Taylor, the father of the late President John Taylor. The old gentleman said that one time the Prophet Joseph was in his house conversing about the battle of Waterloo, in which Father Taylor had taken part. Suddenly the Prophet Joseph turned and said, "Father Taylor, you will live to see though I will not, greater battles than that of Waterloo. The United States will go to war with Mexico, and thus gain an increase of territory. The slave question will cause a division between the North and the South, and in these wars greater battles than Waterloo will occur. "But," he continued, with emphasis, "when the great Bear (Russia) lays her paw on the lion (England) the winding up scene is not far distant."
These words were uttered before there was any prospect of war with Mexico, and such a thing as division in the United States was never contemplated. Yes, these fierce struggles came, and though Joseph himself was slain before they occurred. Father Taylor lived to witness some of the world's most remarkable battles.
The struggle between the Bear and the Lion has not yet happened, but as surely as Joseph the Prophet ever predicted such an event so surely will it not fail of its fulfillment.
Author: Joseph Smith, Jr., Source: Juvenile Instructor, March 15, 1890, p 162Saved by cboyack in slavery war prophecy russia mexico civilwar england 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Official favor, grades, or other trinkets of subordination have no connection with education; they are the paraphernalia of servitude, not of freedom.
Author: John Taylor Gatto, Source: Dumbing Us Down, p. 69Saved by cboyack in freedom slavery school test subordination servitude grade 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
Author: Upton Sinclair, Source: UnknownSaved by cboyack in slavery debt economics credit 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
Author: Ezra Pound, Source: UnknownSaved by cboyack in slavery initiative 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Can't find a good quote on slavery? Try searching ScriptureTag!