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We may first observe that communism and socialism - which we shall hereafter group together and dub Statism - cannot live with Christianity nor with any religion that postulates a Creator such as the Declaration of Independence recognizes. The slaves of Statism must know no power, no authority, no source of blessing, no God, but the State.

J. Reuben Clark

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J. Reuben Clark
Age: 90 †
Born: 1871
Born: September 1
Died: 1961
Died: October 6
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Utah
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Joshua Clark
Joshua Reuben Clark Jr.
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