Communism

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  • 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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