Posts Tagged ‘J. Reuben Clark Jr.’
The Wide Margin — J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, J. Reuben Clark Jr. Tradition has it that Solon, the great law-giver declared in reply to the taunt "Are these the best laws you can devise?" No! but they are the best the Greeks can bear!" There is always a wide margin between the theoretically perfect and the practically enforceable law. J. Reuben [...]
As Giants to Pygmies — J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Prophet Statesmen, J. Reuben Clark Jr. Moses was no more prepared by the training and experience gained in the Court of Pharaoh for his great service of leading Israel from the bondage of Egypt, than were the framers of the Constitution prepared by training and experience for their work of providing a form of government that would “secure [...]
The Great Neutral — J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Prophet Statesmen, J. Reuben Clark Jr. America, multi-raced and multi-nationed, is by tradition, by geography, by citizenry, by natural sympathy, and by material interest, the great neutral nation of the earth. God has so designed it. Drawn from all races, creeds, and nations, our sympathies run to every oppressed people. Our feelings engaged [...]
Seedbed of Socialism — Ambitious Agitators, Malcontents, and Idlers — J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Prophet Statesmen, J. Reuben Clark Jr. There are among us ambitious agitators and malcontents, those unwilling, and it may be unable, to meet the press and rivalry—most dear to freemen—of free competition among a free people. Nurtured frequently under systems of government and society alien to our own, they come to us and would prescribe [...]
Jesus Christ: The God of This Land — J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Prophet Statesmen, J. Reuben Clark Jr. And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren . And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren. And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles who was separated from the [...]
