Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice

"The lack of internal control by individuals breeds external control by governments. One columnist observed . . . 'Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. ...Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we’ve become.' ...There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone. In the memorable phrase of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, 'We would not accept the yoke of Christ; so now we must tremble at the yoke of Caesar.' Elder D. Todd Christofferson, "Moral Discipline," October 2009