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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
SECTION 98
  5 And that alaw of the land which is bconstitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me.

Footnotes
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1 Pet. 2: 13 (13-14)
  13 aSubmit yourselves to every bordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as csupreme;
D&C 44: 4.
  4 And many shall be aconverted, insomuch that ye shall obtain bpower to organize yourselves caccording to the laws of man;
D&C 51: 6.
  6 And thus all things shall be made sure, aaccording to the blaws of the land.
D&C 58: 21.
  21 Let no man break the alaws of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the laws of the land.
D&C 109: 54.
  54 Have mercy, O Lord, upon all the anations of the earth; have mercy upon the rulers of our land; may those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the bConstitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.
D&C 134: 5.
  5 We believe that all men are bound to asustain and uphold the respective bgovernments in which they reside, while protected in their inherent and inalienable rights by the laws of such governments; and that sedition and crebellion are unbecoming every citizen thus protected, and should be punished accordingly; and that all governments have a right to enact such laws as in their own judgments are best calculated to secure the public interest; at the same time, however, holding sacred the freedom of conscience.
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