THE CONSTITUTION IS THE WORD OF GOD “. . . the Constitution of the United States of America is just as much from my Heavenly Father as the Ten Commandments. . .” (President George Albert Smith, CR-4/ 48:182) To me, that statement of the Lord, “I have established the Constitution of this land,” . . . makes the Constitution the word of the Lord to us”. (J. Reuben Clark, CR- 4/35:93) “. . . when we begin to tamper with the Constitution we begin to tamper with the law of Zion which God Himself set up, and no one may trifle with the word of God with impunity.” (J. Reuben Clark, CR-10/42:58-59) “We say that God is true; that the Constitution of the United States is true; that the Bible is true.” “I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth.” Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 147-148; 326 497 pages
