Alma 16:5-6; 48:16; D&C 98:33; Since Cumorah, Nibley, pp. 273-274
“When threatened, we become anti-enemy instead of pro-kingdom of God… . We forget that if we are righteous the Lord will either not suffer our enemies to come upon us—and this is the special promise to the inhabitants of the land of the Americas (2 Ne. 1:7)—or he will fight our battles for us.” (Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, June 1976, p. 6)
“There are, however, two conditions which may justify a truly Christian man to enter—mind you, I say enter, not begin—a war: (1) An attempt to dominate and to deprive another of his free agency, and (2) Loyalty to his country. Possibly there is a third, viz., Defense of a weak nation that is being unjustly crushed by a strong, ruthless one.” (David O. McKay, Conference Report, Apr., 1942, p. 72)
“We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of the body. Chains are worse than bayonets.” (David O. McKay, Conference Report, Apr., 1955, p. 24)