Debt never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation...it is never laid off work...it buys no food; it wears no clothes; it is unhoused... it… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
“Let all your activities, everything that you do in life, let them all lead unto this great fundamental fact, that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. We can never be far from Him if we make Him central and thereby merit the promise that there shall come to you more satisfaction in living and following This life than anything else… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead...Let every head of household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
That man has a spiritual body is evidenced by the account . . . given in the writings of Moses that man was created… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Do you know that all of the money that we are spending, that the government is spending, must come from you? The government has no great pile of gold to which it can go to get what it gives you. The government has not one cent that it does not take from your pockets. Do not imagine, do not believe,… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
But there is one whom you do not deceive, and that is Christ, our Lord. He knows all. Personally, I have felt that nobody need keep much of a record about me, except what I keep myself in my mind, which is a part of my spirit. I often question in my mind, whether it is going to require very… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
I am persuaded, from all the facts that have come to me, that it would have been possible, if we had functioned as the Lord intended us to function, if we had paid our tithes and our offerings as the Lord intended us to pay them, we might have gone on without one dollar from our federal government. And has… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Not only does the Charter Organization not prevent future wars, but it makes it practically certain that we shall have future wars, and as to such wars it takes from us the power to declare them, to choose the side on which we shall fight, to determine what forces and military equipment we shall use in the war, and to… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share
I believe American manhood is too valuable to be sacrificed on foreign soil for foreign issues and causes. — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
There is no curse equal to the curse of idleness. It destroys the man, the group, the people, or the nation who suffer under… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
