Communism
- J. Reuben Clark, "Private Ownership under the United Order and the Guarantees of the Constitution", Improvement Era, Nov. 1942
- ... is not the same as the United Order.
- Communism is denounced as anti-Christian, and anti-American. Fighting Communism by "casting aspersions" upon our fellow man is declared to be a disservice to the anti-communist cause. (This would seem to have been proved correct since the excesses of the red scare have resulted in almost complete indifference to the dangers of communism.)
- (The best version of this statement I've been able to find is in the form of a comment on a blog. Hence, the citation must necessarily be taken as apocryphal unless a more reliable citation can be found.)
- Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 120
- "'Do the Mormons believe in having all things in common?'
- No."
- Pres. John Taylor, "The Government of God", pp. 21-22
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