If man will not recognize the inequalities around him and voluntarily, through the gospel plan, come to the aid of his brother, he will find that through a democratic process he will be forced to come to the aid of his brother. The government will take from the haves and give to the have nots. Both have lost their freedom. Those who have, lost their freedom to give voluntarily of their own free will and in the way they desire. Those who have not, lost their freedom because they did not earn what they received. They got something for nothing, and they will neither appreciate the gift nor the giver of the gift.
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Howard W. Hunter was a 20th-century American religious leader. Howard William Hunter was an American lawyer and the 14th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1995. His nine-month presidential tenure is the shortest in the church's history. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination