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THESE FOLLOWING ARE QUOTES FROM LEADERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS OVER THE PAST CENTURY, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF RELIANCE:

"We want you to be ready with your personal storehouses filled with at least a years supply. You don't argue why it cannot be done; You just plan to organize and get it done."
Spencer W. Kimball, Aug 1976 

"We will see the day when we will live on what we produce."
Marion G. Romney

"We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation... to become more independent and self reliant."
Gordon B. Hinckley

“We urge all... to be prudent in their planning, to be conservative in their living, and to avoid excessive or unnecessary debt.” 
Thomas S. Monson

“We are living in the prophesied time ‘when peace shall be taken from the earth’ (D&C 1:35,) when ‘all things shall be in commotion’ and ‘men’s hearts shall fail them’ (D&C 88:91.) There are many temporal causes of commotion, including wars and natural disasters, but an even greater cause of current ‘commotion’ is spiritual.” 
Dallin H. Oaks

“Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not aquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them.” 
Ezra Taft Benson

“Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church … a famine in this land of one year’s duration could wipe out a large percentage of slothful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned.” 
Ezra Taft Benson

“Be prepared in all things against the day when tribulations and desolations are sent forth upon the wicked.”
Doctrine and Covenants 29:8

“We suggest that [members] concentrate on essential foods that sustain life.”
 First Presidency Letter, 24 June 1988

“We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard. Even those residing in apartments or condominiums can generally grow a little food in pots and planters. Study the best methods of providing your own foods. Make your garden neat and attractive as well as productive. If there are children in your home, involve them in the process with assigned responsibilities.”
Spencer W. Kimball, ‘Family Preparedness,’ Ensign, May 1976, 124

“Noah heeded God’s command to build an ark…that they might be saved from the flood waters. Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. His actions were considered irrational. The sun was shining and life moved forward as usual. But time ran out. The floods came, the disobedient were drowned. When God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.”
Thomas S. Monson 
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