Ezra Taft Benson was the Secretary for Agriculture under
Eisenhower, and the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints during the 1980s/90s. He was very much a patriot and well
aware of the shenanigans happening increasingly in government at the
time, and mentioned it often in his church addresses:
“To all who have discerning eyes, it is apparent that the republican
form of government established by our noble forefathers cannot long
endure once fundamental principles are abandoned. Momentum is gathering
for another conflict — a repetition of the crisis of two hundred years
ago. This collision of ideas is worldwide. The issue is that same
that precipitated the great premortal conflict— will men be free to
determine their own course of actions or must they be coerced?” ~1986
“We must, with sadness, say that we have not been wise in keeping the
trust of our Founding Fathers. For the past two centuries, those who do
not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our
Constitution until today we face a crisis of major dimensions.” ~1987
“At this particular moment in the history the United States
Constitution is definitely threatened, and every citizen should know
about it. The warning of this hour should resound through the corridors
of every American institution — schools, churches, the halls of
Congress, press, radio, and television, and so far as I am concerned it
will resound — with God’s help.”
“Wherever possible I have tried to speak out. It is for this very
reason that certain people in Washington have bitterly criticized me.
They don’t want people to hear the message. It embarrasses them. The
things which are destroying the Constitution are the things they have
been voting for. They are afraid of their political careers if these
facts are pointed out. They therefore try to silence any who carry the
message — anyone who will stand up and be counted.” ~1987
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Further quotes:
“There is one and only one legitimate goal of United States foreign policy.
It is a narrow goal, a nationalistic goal: the preservation of our national independence. Nothing in the Constitution grants that the president shall have the privilege of offering himself as a world leader. He is our executive; he is on our payroll; he is supposed to put our best interests in front of those of other nations. Nothing in the Constitution nor in logic grants to the president of the United States or to Congress the power to influence the political life of other countries, to ‘uplift’ their cultures, to bolster their economies, to feed their people, or even to defend them against their enemies.”
“Many well-intentioned people are now convinced that we are living in a period of history which makes it both possible and necessary to abandon our national sovereignty, to merge our nation militarily, economically, and politically with other nations, and to form, at last, a world government which supposedly would put an end to war.”
“The world is smaller, you say? True, it is, but if one finds himself locked in a house with maniacs, thieves, and murderers — even a small house — he does not increase his chances of survival by entering into alliances with his potential attackers and becoming dependent upon them for protection to the point where he is unable to defend himself. Perhaps the analogy between nations and maniacs is a little strong for some to accept. But if we put aside our squeamishness over strong language, and look hard at the real world in which we live, the analogy is quite sound in all but the rarest exceptions.”
“Sovereignty for a nation is hard to come by and even more difficult to retain. It cannot be shared, for then sovereignly becomes something else, and, for want of a better word, when sovereignty is lessened the end-product is internationalism. Sovereignty is neither more nor less than self-government. American self-government is blueprinted in the Constitution.”
“Our leaders in Washington have been acting as though the American people
elected them to office for the primary purpose of leading the entire planet toward international peace, prosperity, and one-world government. At times, these men appear to be more concerned with something called world opinion or with their image as world leaders than they are with securing the best possible advantage for us.”
“Our complacency as a nation is shocking — yes, almost unbelievable! We are a prosperous nation. Our people have high-paying jobs. Our incomes are high. Our standard of living is at an unprecedented level. We do not like to be disturbed as we enjoy our comfortable complacency. We live in the soft present and feel the future is secure. We do not worry about history. We seem oblivious to the causes of the rise and fall of nations. We are blind to the hard fact that nations usually sow the seeds of their own destruction while enjoying an unprecedented prosperity.”
“I say to you with all the fervor of my soul: We are sowing the seeds of our own destruction in America and much of the free world today. It is my sober warning to you today that if the trends of the past continue, we will lose that which is as priceless as life itself — our freedom, our liberty, our right to act as free men. It can happen here. It is happening here….”
“The sad and shocking story of what has happened in America in recent years must be told. Our people must have the facts. There is safety in an informed public. There is real danger in a complacent, uninformed citizenry. This is our real danger today. Yes, the truth must be told even at the risk of destroying, in large measure, the influence of men who are widely respected and loved by the American people. The stakes are high. Freedom and survival is the issue.”
“The fight for freedom is God’s fight…. When a man stands for freedom he stands with God. And as long as he stands for freedom he stands with God. And were he to stand alone he would still stand with God — the best company and the greatest power in or out of this world. Any man will be eternally vindicated and rewarded for his stand for freedom. “