The Constitution Hangs by a thread

“Now, these are the commandments of God, the principles contained in these commandments of the great Eternal are the principles that underly the Constitution of our country and all just laws. Joseph Smith, the prophet, was inspired to affirm and ratify this truth, and he further predicted that the time would come, when the Constitution of our country would hang as it were by a thread (Joseph F. Smith, Conference Report, October 1912, p. 11)

How long will it be before the words of the prophet Joseph will be fulfilled? He said if the Constitution of the United States were saved at all it must be done by this people. It will not be many years before these words come to pass. (Brigham Young ,Journal of Discourses 12:204.)

Now I tell you it is time the people of the United States were waking up with the understanding that if they don't save the Constitution from the dangers that threaten it, we will have a change of government. (Joseph Fielding Smith, Conference Report, April 1950, p. 159)

“Our government is an organization which was to, and since has, enacted, judged and enforced law through and by legislative, judicial and executive departments. It is encumbent on the American people to steadfastly maintain the historic balance of power by the three branches of government if our political system is to be preserved.
“We, the American people, must not become so internationally minded as to sell our birthright for a spurious promise of world peace. The most nationally-minded people are our enemies. We must remain faithful to our pledge, regardless of charges of chauvinism, to preserve America ‘with our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.’ ” (Judge Joseph E. Nelson, BYU Speeches, April 24, 1963, p. 3 )

“We cannot brook the thought of it being torn into shreds, or destroyed, or trampled under foot and ignored by men. We cannot tolerate the sentiment, at one time expressed, by a man high in authority in the nation. He said: "The constitution be damned; the popular sentiment of the people is the constitution!" That is the sentiment of anarchism, and has spread to a certain extent, and is spreading over "the land of liberty and the home of the brave." We do not tolerate it. Latter-day Saints cannot tolerate such a spirit as this. It is anarchy. It means destruction. It is the spirit of mobocracy, and the Lord knows we have suffered enough from mobocracy, and we do not want any more of it. We cannot afford to yield to that spirit or contribute to it in the least degree. We should stand with a front like flint against every spirit or species of contempt or disrespect for the constitution of our country and the constitutional laws of our land.— (Joseph F. Smith Oct. C. R., 1912, pp. 8-11.)

“I believe that it is the destiny of the Latter-day Saints to support the Constitution of the United States. [T]he Latter-day Saints would become a balance of power, with others, to preserve that Constitution. If there is—and there is one part of the Constitution hanging as by a thread today—where do the Latter-day Saints belong? Their place is to rally to the support of that Constitution, and maintain it and defend it and support it by their lives and by their vote. Let us not disappoint God nor his prophet. Our place is fixed. (Melvin J. Ballard, Conference Report, April 1933, p. 127)

“It is my conviction that the elders of Israel, widely spread over the nation, will at that crucial time successfully rally the righteous of our country and provide the necessary balance of strength to save the institutions of constitutional government.” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 618-619)

“As we spread abroad in this land, bearers of this priesthood, men and women with high ideals and standards, our influence will spread as we take positions of leadership in the community, in the state, in the nation, in the world. We will be able to sit in counsel with others and we will be able to influence others in paths of righteousness. We will help to save this nation, because this nation can only be preserved on the basis of righteous living.” (Ezra Taft Benson "The Greatest Leadership," BYU Student Leadership Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho, September 1959.)

“[T]here will be enough of good people, many who may not belong to our Church at all, people who have respect for law and for order, and for Constitutional rights, who will rally around with us and save the Constitution. I have never read that that thread would be cut. It will hang; the Constitution will abide and this civilization, that the Lord has caused to be built up, will stand fortified through the power of God, by putting from our hearts all that is evil, or that is wrong in the sight of God, by our living as we should live, acceptable to him.” (Charles W. Nibley, Conference Report, October 1922, p. 40)

“Will there be some of us who won't care about saving the Constitution, others who will be blinded by the craftiness of men, and some who will knowingly be working to destroy it? He that has ears to hear and eyes to see can discern by the Spirit and through the words of God's mouthpiece that our liberties are being taken.” (Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, April 1963, p. 113)

God has given America to be free. He has, in times past, wrought upon the hearts and minds of men we now revere for greatness. In weakness they were made mighty and today we reverence them in paternal tones; America’s founders. We are, once again at a crossroads. The leaders at our nation’s birth have left us their legacy. With us still is the One who made them great. It is He…the source of truth, light, inspiration and author of our prosperity. God yet has the capacity to shape hearts and minds...inspiring men beyond themselves into the halls of our revered greatness. The path upon which God’s greatest influence is felt in the world is made treacherous by the adversary. Not all have been able to walk it. Should he choose to remain faithful and walk God’s path, the day will come when the name Beck will be synonymous with Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison. May God guide and direct him through the fiery darts in leading the charge to save our Constitution.