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I expect celibacy of any person that is not married.

Dallin H. Oaks

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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.
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Fear not little flock do good let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought doubt not, fear not.
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