Feb 16 2008
Freedom Quotes
Duty To Study Political Principles
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 interests 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, JD: 9:340
A learned Latter-day Saint - should seek and be able to evaluate answers to the important religious, physical, social, and political problems of the day. He or she should be prepared to defend the truth, to withstand social pressures, and to make a positive contribution to society. - Dallin H Oaks, Counsel For Students, BYU Devotional, Sept. 1984
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