“The only way we can keep our freedom is through our personal righteousness—by handling that freedom responsibly” (Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, 169).
“Freedom and liberty are part of the gospel plan. Any program or philosophy that would destroy a person’s free agency is not of God … .
“Freedom is an inherited, God-given principle. It has always been planned that God should have in His plan that men should be free … .
“Righteousness, as the Book of Mormon states, is the indispensable ingredient to liberty” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, 83, 573, 588).