Quoty: quotes saved by 'cboyack' Quoty search results for user: cboyack http://www.quoty.org/user/cboyack The general rule is that an unconstitutional st...The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of ...law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted. Since an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it .... A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land, it is superseded thereby. No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it.


Author: Thomson Reuters, Source: American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Volume 16, Section 177
Saved by cboyack in constitution law nullification ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5724We are involved in an intense battle. It is a b...We are involved in an intense battle. It is a battle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between the design of the Almighty on the one hand and that of Lucifer on the other. For that reason, we desperately need moral men and women who stand on principle, to be involved in the political process. Otherwise, we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.


Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: Stand a little Taller, pg. 15
Saved by cboyack in politics government truth power principle ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5336We should pay no attention to the recommendatio...We should pay no attention to the recommendations of men who call the Constitution an eighteenth-century agrarian document—who apologize for capitalism and free enterprise. We should refuse to follow their siren song of concentrating, increasingly, the powers of government in the Chief Executive, of delegating American sovereign authority to non-American institutions in the United Nations, and pretending that it will bring peace to the world by turning our armed forces over to a U.N. world-wide police force.


Author: Ezra Taft Benson, Source: TL 176; from an address given at Los Angeles, CA, 11 Dec 1961
Saved by cboyack in constitution sovereignty capitalism un federalgovernment freeenterprise ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5313I feel to warn you that one of the chief means ...I feel to warn you that one of the chief means of misleading our youth and destroying the family unit is our educational institutions. There is more than one reason why the Church is advising our youth to attend colleges close to their homes where institutes of religion are available. It gives the parents the opportunity to stay close to their children, and if they become alerted and informed, these parents can help expose the deceptions of men like Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, John Dewey, John Keynes and others. There are much worse things today that can happen to a child than not getting a full education. In fact, some of the worst things have happened to our children while attending colleges led by administrators who wink at subversion and amorality. Said Karl G. Maeser, "I would rather have my child exposed to smallpox, typhus fever, cholera or other malignant and deadly diseases than to the degrading influence of a corrupt teacher."


Author: Ezra Taft Benson, Source: Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 307
Saved by cboyack in education propaganda money school economics deceit properroleofgovernment johnmaynardkeynes ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5308War never determines who is right -- only who i...War never determines who is right -- only who is left.


Author: George Bernard Shaw, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in war ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5301It is not enough to be good. You must be good f...It is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others. In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference. You can become involved and speak with a strong voice for that which is right.


Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: Standing For Something
Saved by cboyack in character leadership morality service good ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5262Let’s not forget one of the most important less...Let’s not forget one of the most important lessons learned through the year’s supply program is the lesson of obedience.


Author: H. Burke Peterson, Source: Church News, April 12, 1975
Saved by cboyack in obedience foodstorage preparedness ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5253In mercy the Lord warns and forewarns. He sees ...In mercy the Lord warns and forewarns. He sees the coming storm, knows the forces operating to produce it, and calls aloud through His prophets, advises, counsels, exhorts, even commands—that we prepare for what is about to befall and take shelter while yet there is time. But we go our several ways, feasting and making merry, consoling conscience with the easy fancy of “time enough” and in idle hope that the tempest will pass us by, or that, when it begins to gather thick and black about us we can turn back and find shelter.


Author: James E. Talmage, Source: The Parables of James E. Talmage, p. 50
Saved by cboyack in inspiration obedience preparedness prophet sloth prophecy distraction ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5252What we need today is not more prophets. We hav...What we need today is not more prophets. We have the prophets. But what we need is more people with listening ears. This is the great need of our generation.


Author: J. Rueben Clark, Source: Conference Report, October 1948, p. 82
Saved by cboyack in obedience preparedness prophet prophecy ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5251Do we lose faith, do we lose patience, do we lo...Do we lose faith, do we lose patience, do we lose hope, do we get weary in waiting, because the day is long and the event delayed? It is difficult to be prepared for an event so long delayed. Many have found it too difficult and they slumber without due preparation. Hundreds of thousands of us today are in this position. Confidence has been dulled and patience worn thin. It is so hard to wait and be prepared always. But we cannot allow ourselves to slumber.


Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: Miracle of Forgiveness
Saved by cboyack in faith preparedness hope patience tenvirgins ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5250And so long as they were at war, their power wa...And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war.


Author: Aristotle, Source: Politics
Saved by cboyack in politics war power peace empire ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5012The kingdom of God must be a continuing revolut...The kingdom of God must be a continuing revolution against the norms of the society that fall below the standards that are set for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the field of public life, it must be a continuing revolution against proposals that contradict the fundamental principles as laid down in the Constitution of the United States, which was written by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. If we remember that, we will be in the forefront of every battle against the things that are tearing down our society.


Author: Harold B. Lee, Source: October 1970 General Conference, http://search.ldslibrary.com/...
Saved by cboyack in politics constitution government principle revolution activism kingdomofgod religionandpolitics ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/5007 Can we turn such trends around? There is still...


Can we turn such trends around? There is still a wealth of wisdom in the people of this good land, even though such wisdom is often mute and in search of leadership. People can often feel in their bones the wrongness of things, long before pollsters pick up such attitudes or before such attitudes are expressed in the ballot box. But it will take leadership and articulate assertion of basic values in all places and in personal behavior to back up such assertions.



Even then, time and the tides are against us, so that courage will be a key ingredient. It will take the same kind of spunk the Spartans displayed at Thermopylae when they tenaciously held a small mountain pass against overwhelming numbers of Persians. The Persians could not dislodge the Spartans and sent emissaries forward to threaten what would happen if the Spartans did not surrender. The Spartans were told that if they did not give up, the Persians had so many archers in their army that they would darken the skies with their arrows. The Spartans said simply: “So much the better, we will fight in the shade!”


Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourc...
Saved by cboyack in leadership courage future direction activism poll ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/4912It is no accident that the lessening, or loss, ...It is no accident that the lessening, or loss, of belief in certain absolute truths, such as the existence of God and the reality of immortality, has occurred at the same time there has been a sharp gain in the size and power of governments in many portions of the world.


Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourc...
Saved by cboyack in truth morality moralrelativism biggovernment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/4911We have been used to speaking of our political ...We have been used to speaking of our political system (as envisioned by the founding fathers) as one in which opinions collide constitutionally, wherein vested interests cancel each other out, or tame each other before a safe majority is formed, or, at least, in which vested interests are brought out into the light by the democratic process. Indeed, this system has served us well. Winners and losers have played out the drama almost always within constitutional constraints, as turns have been taken at the levers of power by different majorities. What was not allowed for fully, however, nor could it be, is what happened when government, instead of remaining a referee, first became a participant and then became a possibly permanent majority itself.


It remains to be seen whether or not our nation can tame big government. There is, frankly, no precedent for dismantling, even partially, a welfare state, especially in a peaceful and constitutional way. Such a Goliath will not go quietly to surgery.


Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourc...
Saved by cboyack in constitution government welfare socialism biggovernment welfarestate ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/4910