Jeffrey R. Holland
“The claims of justice must be honored. The absence of law or the lack of any penalty for breaking it would leave the world in a moral chaos. Alma asked rhetorically, ’If there was no law given—if a man murdered he should die—would he be afraid he would die if he should murder? And also, if there was no law given against sin men would not be afraid to sin.’ Clearly one of the purposes of law and the firm demands of justice behind it is its preventive impact.” (Christ And The New Covenant, p. 226)