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Constitution to Hang by a Thread


The “constitution to hang by a thread” is a statement often attributed to Joseph Smith. The following is the “only known contemporary account of this well-known prophecy of Joseph Smith”

Author: Believe All Things Blog, Source: http://www.believeallthings.com/1308/constitution-hang-threadSaved by kevinmiller in constitution thread hang 2 weeks ago[save this] [permalink]

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Author: Abraham Lincoln, Source: UnknownSaved by bkingsf in constitution 2 months ago[save this] [permalink]

Well, we were told by the Prophet Joseph Smith, that the United States Government and people would come to this: that they would undermine one principle of the Constitution after another, until its whole fabric would be torn away, and that it would become the duty of the Latter-day Saints and those in sympathy with them to rescue it from destruction, and to maintain and sustain the principles of human freedom for which our fathers fought and bled. We look for these things to come in quick succession.

Author: Erastus Snow, Source: Journal of Discourses, 26:213Saved by cboyack in politics constitution government patriotism 2 months ago[save this] [permalink]

God provided that in this land of liberty, our political allegiance shall run not to individuals, that is, to government officials, no matter how great or how small they may be. Under His plan our allegiance and the only allegiance we owe as citizens or denizens of the United States, runs to our inspired Constitution which God himself set up. So runs the oath of office of those who participate in government. A certain loyalty we do owe to the office which a man holds, but even here we owe just by reason of our citizenship, no loyalty to the man himself. In other countries it is to the individual that allegiance runs. This principle of allegiance to the Constitution is basic to our freedom. It is one of the great principles that distinguishes this `land of liberty' from other countries.

Author: J. Reuben Clark, Source: Improvement Era, July 1940, p. 444Saved by cboyack in politics constitution liberty government patriotism citizen usa 4 months ago[save this] [permalink]

"Let us face reality. The framers [of the Constitution] have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separated institutions that cannot be unified by mechanical linkages, frail bridges, tinkering. If we are to `turn the founders upside down'--to put together what they put asunder--we must directly confront the constitutional structure they erected." (James MacGregor Burns, The Power to Lead, 1984.)

Author: James MacGregor Burns, Source: The Power to Lead, 1984.) Saved by f82mustang in constitution treason 5 months ago[save this] [permalink]

Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings and blood of their ancestors; and capable, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence…Republics are created by the virture, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens.  They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

Author: Joseph Story, Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=5NyyJZn3_nQC&pg=PA687&vq=let+...Saved by cboyack in politics constitution liberty government freedom character knowledge usa youth statesman heritage 5 months ago[save this] [permalink]

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Author: John Adams, Source: Address to the Military, October 11, 1798Saved by elb1179 in religion constitution 6 months ago[save this] [permalink]
Human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
Author: John Adams, Source: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NGJlNWNmNzA5ZmZkYjR...Saved by richardkmiller in religion constitution morality 8 months ago[save this] [permalink]
It was all part of God’s plan—the coming of Columbus, the colonization, wise men raised up to frame the Constitution, Joseph Smith prepared for his part in the restoration of the gospel, even the persecution which drove the Saints to the Rocky Mountains where the Church could continue to grow.

What does all this mean to you and me as individuals? It means that God, as our Father, made all these arrangements for you and me. We were part of his eternal scheme. And so it is not enough merely to observe these various anniversaries, but we must recommit and rededicate ourselves to uphold the convictions and the principles upon which the blessings we enjoy are predicated. We too must be prepared to sacrifice, where necessary, to keep our freedoms inviolate. My father used to say: “The true way to honor the past is to improve upon it.”

Therefore, we should love God more. We should serve our fellowmen better. We should keep all the commandments. We should be better prepared as parents to teach our children to pray and to walk uprightly before the Lord, and to assume their responsibilities. It would be tragic if for fear of the challenge involved the descendants of those who gave so liberally and sacrificed so much shrank from the duties of their day and time.
Author: President N. Eldon Tanner, Source: Pioneers Are Still Needed, Ensign, Jul 1976, 2. http://www.lds...Saved by mlsscaress in constitution sacrifice josephsmith challenge responsibility example individual pray service parenting conviction contribution principles eternal lds columbus better colonization recommit rededicate 9 months ago[save this] [permalink]
There will be two great political parties in this country. One will be called the Republican, and the other the Democrat party. These two parties will go to war and out of these two parties will spring another party which will be the Independent American Party. The United States will spend her strength and means warring in foreign lands until other nations will say, “Let’s divide up the lands of the United States,” then the people of the U.S. will unite and swear by the blood of their fore-fathers, that the land shall not be divided. Then the country will go to war, and they will fight until one half of the U.S. army will give up, and the rest will continue to struggle. They will keep on until they are very ragged and discouraged, and almost ready to give up—when the boys from the mountains will rush forth in time to save the American Army from defeat and ruin. And they will say, “Brethren, we are glad you have come; give us men, henceforth, who can talk with God.” Then you will have friends, but you will save the country when its liberty hangs by a hair, as it were.
Author: Joseph Smith, Jr., Source: Autobiography of Mosiah HancockSaved by cboyack in politics constitution liberty government war republican division democrat military 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]

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