Rights/Property
- And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- But it is not given that one man should possess that which is above another, wherefore the world lieth in sin.
- Wherefore, let my servant Edward Partridge, and those whom he has chosen, in whom I am well pleased, appoint unto this people their portions, every man equal according to his family, according to his circumstances and his wants and needs.
- Nevertheless, in your temporal things you shall be equal, and this not grudgingly, otherwise the abundance of the manifestations of the Spirit shall be withheld.
- That you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things, yea, and earthly things also, for the obtaining of heavenly things.
- For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things;
- And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.
- "We believe that no government can exist in peace, except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual ... the right and control of property."
- J. Reuben Clark Jr., "Private Ownership under the United Order and the Guarantees of the Constitution", Improvement Era, Nov. 1942