Deep thoughts

“Now obviously, the worst thing that can happen to a Socialist is to have himself openly identified with the work of the Communists who are generally feared and despised.  The Socialists know they cannot seize property and power by “due process of law” unless they are politically popular, therefore, they try desperately to avoid the taint of the Communists and present their program so that it appears “moral,” “democratic,” “peaceful,” and so “gradual” that people will not resist it.” – Ezra Taft Benson Church News 12/23/1961

 

“History teaches that when individuals have given up looking after their own economic needs and transferred a large share of that responsibility to the government, both they and the government have failed.  At least twenty great civilizations have disappeared.  The pattern is shockingly similar.  All, before their collapse, showed a decline in spiritual values, in moral stamina, and in the freedom and responsibility for their citizens.  They showed such symptoms as deficit spending, excessive taxation, bloated bureaucracy, government paternalism, and generally a rather elaborate set of supports, controls and regulations, affecting prices, wages, productions, and consumption.”  - Ezra Taft Benson, BYU 2/28/1962