Within societies of great nations, a division has always been made - between those who love and cherish freedom, and those who wish for subjection, or to subject others, in the name of "security".Like Moroni and Teancum, we must always "stand in readiness" to avoid being overtaken and destroyed by the enemy of light and freedom. The right and privilege to maintain freedom is hard won and requires effort; even sacrifice and lives. However, this freedom is what we all inherently desire. How unfortunate many have forgotten that vision or seek to take away another's freedom because of pride and inability to see others progress.
“One of our speakers yesterday said that we were living in a very critical time. For many years we have been living in peace and comparative prosperity, we have had no contentions with our neighbors; on the surface at least their feelings have been kindly, and apparently everything has been in the nature of peace and prosperity. But these are the times when Latter-day Saints should take heed concerning the revelations of the Lord and desire to keep his commandments with full purpose of heart, more perhaps than at any other time.” (President Joseph Fielding Smith, Conference Report, Apr. 1926, p. 54)
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