In Memory of our God, Our Religion...

Quote By: Ezra Taft Benson

Conference Report

October 1966

pp. 120-125

"Of course, the war in heaven over free agency is now being waged here on earth, and

there are those today who are saying "Look, don't get involved in the fight for freedom.

Just live the gospel."  That counsel is DANGEROUS, SELF-CONTRADICTORY, UNSOUND.

Now, part of the reason we may not have sufficient priesthood bearers to save the 

Constitution let alone to shake the powers of hell, is because unlike Moroni, I fear, our

souls do not JOY in keeping our country FREE, and we are not firm in the faith of Christ, nor

have we sworn with an oath to defend our rights and the liberty of our country.

Moroni raised a title of liberty and wrote upon it these words: "In memory of our God,

our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives and our children".  Why didn't he

write upon it: "Just live your religion; there's no need to concern yourselves about your freedom, your peace, your wives, or your children"?  The reason he didn't do this was

because all these things were a PART OF HIS RELIGION, as they are of our

religion today.  Should we counsel people, "Just live your religion.  There's no need to get

involved in the fight for freedom"?  No, we should not, because our stand for freedom

is a most basic part of our religion; this stand helped get us to this earth, and our

REACTION TO FREEDOM in THIS LIFE will have eternal consequences.

Man has many duties, but he has NO EXCUSE that can compensate

for his LOSS OF LIBERTY."