"And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood." Doctrine & Covenants 101:80"No nation in the world has a constitution that was given to it by our Heavenly Father except the United States of America. I wonder if we appreciate that. . . . As one man said to me, 'Why not try what Russia has tried and Germany has tried?' And my answer to him was, 'Why try something that has already failed?' Why not hold on to what the Lord has given?' The Constitution of the United States was written, it is true, by men, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others who were their associates, but we have in . . . the book of Doctrine and Covenants, a revelation in which the Lord tells us that the Constitution of the United States was prepared by men raised up by him for this very purpose.
"As Latter-day Saints we . . . should cleave to the Constitution of the United States and in doing so, earn the blessings of our Heavenly Father" (The Teachings of George Albert Smith, p. 171).
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