Rights Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr
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Joseph Smith, Jr.'s short selection on rights is a compact portrait of his belief that personal freedom intertwines with ethical responsibility. Though limited in number, the quotes together sketch the principles that guided his public discourse.
![“By their complying with your request to leave they [the Saints in Clay County] are surrendering some of the dearest rights guaranteed in the Constitution of our country; and that human nature can be driven to a certain extent when it will yield no further.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_by-their-complying-with-your-request-to_546142.jpg)
![“According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca1/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_according-to-the-laws-and-constitution-o_73011.jpg)
![“[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ad/joseph-smith-jr-1647_hands_w-e-shall-have-the-satisfaction-of-knowi_98392.jpg)
