“The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.” (Hugh Nibley)
“We stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once lost, only blood will bring them back; and once lost, we of this Church will, in order to keep the Church going forward, have more sacrifices to make and more persecutions.” (J. Reuben Clark, Conference Report, Apr. 1944, p. 116)