The question as to whether we may save our constitutional republic is simply based on two factors: the number of patriots and the extent of their obedience.

That the Lord desires to save this nation which he raised up there is no doubt. But that he leaves it up to us, with his help, is the awful reality.

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Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare, Then Fear Not” 58; revised in Enemy 55; GFC 327; from an address given at the New England Rally for God, Family, and Country; Boston, MA, 4 Jul 1966

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