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RSICC Relevant Quotations
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
"If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true Author." -- Gordon B. Hinckley
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." -- David Rockefeller
"They [who] seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order." -- Teddy Roosevelt
"Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order . Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told that there were an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the World Government." -- Dr. Henry Kissinger, Evians, France, 1991
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." -- Daniel 2:44
"Expedients are for the hour; -- Henry Ward Beecher
"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." -- Daniel 8:23-25
"At one point during Khrushchev's visit, the Soviet Premier boasted to the Agriculture Secretary that [Ezra Taft] Benson's own grandchildren would live under Communism. Benson replied tartly that he expected to do all in his power to assure that Khrushchev's and all other grandchildren would live under freedom. The Communist leader then responded in essence, according to Benson's personal account: 'You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism.' " -- The New American; Feb. 28, 2000; p. 36
"Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws" -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild, 1790
"Only in America - Only in America, Creed
"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler
"A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing in its evil influence and control over America and the entire world." -- Ezra Taft Benson
22 And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they
shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the
blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for
vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not. -- Ether 8
"I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not." -- Isaiah 66:4
"By and by, you will find they will tear the Constitution to shreds, as they have begun now; they won't have to begin; they have started long ago to rend the Constitution of our country in pieces; ...but we will stand by and maintain its principles and the rights of all men of every color, and every clime." -- John Taylor, 1884
"Yes, within the Church today there are tares among the wheat and wolves within the flock. As President Clark stated, `The ravening wolves are amongst us, from our own membership, and they, more than any others, are clothed in sheep's clothing because they wear the habiliments of the priesthood.... We should be careful of them....' (CR., Apr. 1949, p. 163.) The wolves amongst our flock are more numerous and devious today than when President Clark made this statement." -- Ezra Taft Benson
38 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them [secret
combination] up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had
overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they
had come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their
secret murders and combinations. -- Helaman 6
"Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live." -- Ezekiel 20:25
"And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw." -- 1 Nephi 14:12
"But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood." -- Ezekiel 33:6
"This is a rebellious people . . . that will not hear the law of the Lord. Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits." -- Isaiah 30:9,10
"For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed." -- Isaiah 9:16; 2 Nephi 19:16
"The last neutralizer that the devil uses most effectively is simply this: 'Don't do anything in the fight for freedom until the Church sets up its own specific program to save the Constitution.' This brings us right back to the scripture about the slothful servants who will not do anything until they are 'compelled in all things' (D&C 58:26). Maybe the Lord will never set up a specific Church program for the purpose of saving the Constitution. Perhaps if He set one up at this time it might split the Church asunder, and perhaps He does not want that to happen yet, for not all the wheat and tares are fully ripe (D&C 86:5-7)." -- Ezra Taft Benson
"Behold, verily I say unto you, there are hypocrites among you, who have deceived some, which has given the adversary power; but behold such [the sincerely gullible yet deceived] shall be reclaimed; but the hypocrites shall be detected and shall be cut off...." -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:7,8
"I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them." (Daniel 7:21.) "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations." (Revelation 13:7.) "But inasmuch as they keep not my commandments, and hearken not to observe all my words, the kingdoms of the world shall prevail against them." (D&C 103:8.)
"Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it [four
calamities mentioned one at a time: (1) sword, (2) famine, (3) noisome beast, (4) pestilence; each
time saying:], they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord
God." -- Ezekiel 14:14,16,18,20-22
"The weak things of the world shall come forth and [overturn] the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh -- but that every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world . . ." -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:19,20
"A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." -- Stephen Dolley, Jr.
"President Joseph Smith read the 14th chapter of Ezekiel -- said the Lord had declared by the Prophet, that the people should each one stand for himself, and depend on no man or men in that state of corruption of the Jewish church - that righteous persons could only deliver their own souls -- applied it to the present state of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- said if the people departed from the Lord they must fall -- that they were depending on the prophet, hence were darkened in their minds, in consequence of neglecting the duties devolving upon themselves...." -- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.237-38
A. Out of a nation -- Word of the Lord
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is amazing to me, the lack of courage some of our brethren have in this serious controversy involving the future freedom of our people." -- Ezra Taft Benson, Journal Entry
"The world is a dangerous place to live; -- Albert Einstein
"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis-a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever." -- Thomas Jefferson
"And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble." -- Jacob 4:14
"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls. . ."
"Therefore, let every man stand or fall, by himself, and not for another, or not trusting another. Seek unto my Father, and it shall be done in that very moment what ye shall ask, if ye ask it in faith, believing that ye shall receive."
"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work, and he it is who now worketh, and Christ suffereth him to work, until the time is fulfilled that he shall be taken out of the way." -- JST-II Thessalonians 2:7
"When I can see my own image in the silver, the refining process is finished." -- Silversmith
"And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." -- Daniel 11:32 * * * * * * * exploit (eks-ploit) n. A deed or act, especially one marked by heroism or daring.
"Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth." -- Numbers 12:3
"Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by laboring with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the PROPHETS, did once more establish peace in the land." -- Words of Mormon 1:18
"And there were exceedingly many prophets among us." -- Enos 1:22
"And they had power given unto them, insomuch that they could not be confined in dungeons; neither was it possible that any man could slay them; nevertheless they did not exercise their power until they were bound in bands and cast into prison. Now, this was done that the Lord might show forth his power in them." -- Alma 8:31
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?" -- Isaiah 66:7,8
"But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood." -- Ezekiel 33:6
"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." -- 1 John 2:28
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will
set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high
mountain and eminent: -- Ezekiel 17
"And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them." -- Jacob 5:72
"The Lord of hosts, the king of kings; even the king of glory shall come unto you; and shall redeem his people, and shall establish them in righteousness." -- JST-Psalm 24:10
"...He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth." -- Isaiah 11:3,4
"And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [carcass (dead)] is gathered; or in other words, wheresoever the saints are gathered, thither will the eagles be gathered together; or, thither will the remainder be gathered together." -- JST-Luke 17:37
"Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked." -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:8
"The righteous disappear, and no man gives it a thought; the godly are gathered out, but no one perceives that from impending calamity the righteous are withdrawn. They who walk uprightly shall attain to peace, and rest in their beds." -- Isaiah 57:1
"And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. -- Isaiah 6:9 * * * * * * * * * "Kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider."-- Isaiah 52:15
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." -- Revelation 12:17
"As we have progressed, the mist has been removed, and in relation to these matters, the Elders of Israel begin to understand that they have something to do with the world politically as well as religiously, that it is as much their duty to study correct political principles as well as religious, and to seek to know and comprehend the social and political interest of man, and to learn and be able to teach that which would be best calculated to promote the interests of the world." -- John Taylor
"...They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie." -- 2 Thessalonians 2:10,11
"...I told the people that if they would not believe the revelations that God had given, He would suffer the devil to give revelations that they -- priest and people -- would follow after. Have I seen this fulfilled? I have. I told the people that as true as God lived, if they would not have truth, they would have error sent unto them and they would believe it." -- Brigham Young
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal
"All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." -- 2 Timothy 3:12
"Back home most of the attention is being directed at right-wing militias and doomsday cults. 'Religious motivation and the new-world-order conspiracy theory are the two driving forces behind the potential for millennial violence,' says an FBI report circulated to police stations around the country. Investigators are raising defenses and closely monitoring people considered suspicious. 'We are looking for groups and individuals, and if they get move, they're going to get caught," says [Richard] Clarke [U.S. national coordinator for counterterrorism]." -- Time, Dec. 27, 1999, p. 126.
"And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth not after me, is not worthy of me." -- Matthew 10:38
"An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection, it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." -- Norton vs. Shelby County, 118 US 425 p. 442
"It is not right that any man should be in bondage one to another. And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood." -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:79,80
"Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful for her is the third. But the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land, and UNION." -- George Washington
"The Russian spies have discovered where the nuclear warehouses are in America. When the Americans will think that it is peace and safety - from the middle of the country, some of the people will start fighting against the government. The government will be busy with internal problems. Then from the ocean, from Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico,... (He told me two other countries, but I didn't remember what they were.) ...they will bomb the nuclear warehouses. When they explode, America will burn!"
"War to the hilt between Communism and capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come. To win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concession. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we will smash them with our clenched fist." -- Dimitri Manuilsky
War between Communist China and the United States is "inevitable," according to General Chi Haotian, Defense Minister of the People's Republic of China. The Hong Kong newspaper Cheng Ming reported in early January that Chi, in a December address at a military conference, had stated: "Seen from the changes in the world situation and the United States' hegemonic strategy for creating monopolarity, war is inevitable." This is the same Gen. Chi Haotian, Communist leader of the People's Liberation Army, whom the Clinton administration greeted with honors in 1996 on the anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre. [He] was warmly introduced by then Secretary of Defense William Perry as "my colleague." The red carpet treatment for Comrade Chi included a 19-gun salute at the Pentagon and a 20-minute White House meeting with President Clinton. The New American, Feb. 14, 2000, p. 7
"For the world shall be burned with fire." -- JST-Matthew 13:44
"Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion." -- Ezra Taft Benson
"And then understood they the parable which he spake unto them, that the Gentiles should be destroyed also, when the Lord should descend out of heaven to reign in his vineyard, which is the earth and the inhabitants thereof." -- JST-Matthew 21:56 (see context)
"Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire. -- 1 Nephi 22:17
"I believe there are more instances of abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison
"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature." -- Ezra Taft Benson
"A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them." -- Joel 2:3
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster,
and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, -- Revelation 18
"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." -- Max Planck
"About this time was organized his [Joseph Smith's] private council of fifty -- the embryo kingdom of God upon the earth -- an organization distinct from the Church, a nucleus of popular government which will exist for all people, 'when the heathen are given for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as a possession' to Him whose right it is to reign; a government formed of representatives from every nation, principality or tribe upon the earth; a government of God for the people and by the people, in which man will be taught to know his origin and to govern himself." -- Journal of Benjamin F. Johnson
"And the dragon prevailed not against Michael, neither the child, nor the woman which was the church of God, who had been delivered of her pains, and brought forth the kingdom of our God and his Christ." -- JST-Revelation 12:7
The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; - Mahatma Gandhi
"See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant" -- Ezekiel 14:14,16,18,20-22
"And now, Melchizedek was a priest of this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and was called the Prince of peace. And his people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world; and hath said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens and the earth should come together; and the sons of God should be tried so as by fire." -- JST-Genesis 14:33-35
"Every truth goes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third it is regarded as self evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer
"Graft in the [good] branches . . . , and as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof shall be too strong for the graft . . . . " Jacob 5:64,65
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen." -- Moroni 7:48
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -- James Madison
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Teddy Roosevelt
"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." -- U.S. Supreme Court in American Communications
"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. " -- Samuel Adams
"It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord." -- Abraham Lincoln
"A great apostasy has taken place from 'the law and the testimony' of American democracy, or the Constitution of the United States. Just as there has been an apostasy from the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, there has been an apostasy from those divinely given principles of Government which have been transmitted to us by the inspired men who founded this nation." -- Bishop Joseph L. Wirthlin
"Food is Power! We use it to control behavior. Some may call it bribery. We do not apologize." -- Catherine Bertini,
"There's always free cheese in a mousetrap!" --Author Unknown
"When you make peaceful protest impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"The truth will make you free, but first it will make you damn mad." --M. Scott Peck
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
"Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." -- Lord Henry Peter Brougham
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." -- Samuel Adams
"A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one. The grandson asked him, Which wolf will win the fight in your heart? The grandfather answered, The one I feed."
"If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth" -- Gandhi
"When a man stands for freedom he stands with God. And as long as he stands for freedom he stands with God. And were he to stand alone he would still stand with God -- the best company and the greatest power in or out of this world." -- Ezra Taft Benson
"Have you ever noticed that those who drive slower than you are slow pokes and those who drive faster than you are maniacs?" -- Someone on the Road of Life
"When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest!" --Author unknown
"And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied." -- Daniel 12:4
"Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time." -- Amos 5:13 * * * * * * * "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" -- Isaiah 5:21
"The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?" -- Amos 3:8
"Knowing what we know as his servants, can we hesitate to raise a warning voice to all who will listen that they may be prepared for the days ahead? Silence in the face of such calamity is sin!" -- Ezra Taft Benson
"For behold, the Lord doth grant unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom, according to that which is just and true." -- Alma 29:8
"And there shall be no unclean thing; for the earth becoming old, even as a garment, having waxed in corruption, wherefore it vanisheth away, and the footstool remaineth sanctified, cleansed from all sin." -- JST-Juke 17:40
"And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant, which I made unto thy father Enoch; that, when me should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth, the city of Enoch which I have caught up unto myself. And this is mine everlasting covenant, that when thy posterity shall embrace the truth, and look upward, then shall Zion look downward, and all the heavens shall shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble with joy; and the general assembly of the church of the first-born shall come down out of heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until the end come." -- JST-Genesis 9:21-22
"And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden..." -- Ezekiel 36:35
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