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| |subject=Quotes by Church leaders on authoritarianism
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| |summary=This page contains a collection of quotes related to obedience to Church leaders.
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| |sublink1=Millennial Star (1852): "none are required to tamely and blindly submit to a man because he has a portion of the Priesthood"
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| |sublink2=Brigham Young (1862): "I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him"
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| |sublink3=Brigham Young (1855): "I do not wish any Latter-day Saint...to be satisfied with anything I do, unless the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, the spirit of revelation, makes them satisfied"
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| |sublink4=Spencer W. Kimball: "the only sure, safe way is to follow that leadership—follow the Holy Spirit within you and follow the prophets"
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| |sublink5=Spencer W. Kimball: "They who garnish the sepulchres of the dead prophets begin now by stoning the living ones"
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| |sublink6=Heber C. Kimball (1857): "When we are corrected by our leaders, it is to set us right, to show us the wrong course, and induce us to pursue the right one"
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| |sublink7=Moses Thatcher (1882): "The 'Mormon' Priesthood dominates the affairs of the 'Mormon' people upon the principles of righteousness and equity. Outside of these it has neither power nor authority"
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| |sublink8=Spencer W. Kimball: "When men obey commands of a creator, it is not blind obedience"
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| |sublink9=Packer: "Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient"
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| |sublink10=Cannon: "If we would split up and divide, refuse to listen to the counsel of the man of God, then the devil and his followers would rejoice"
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| |sublink11=Cowley: "true obedience to the Lord's commands is an indication of moral courage"
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| |sublink12=Maxwell: "The Church does not desire blind obedience; rather, that we see things with the eye of faith"
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| |sublink13=Talmage: "God has not established His Church to make of its members irresponsible automatons"
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