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This feeling of accountability, which is encompassed by the first great commandment to love God, has been described by some as 'obedience to the unenforceable.' [John Fletcher Moulton.] We try to do what is right because we love and want to please our Father in Heaven, not because someone is forcing us to obey.

Quentin L. Cook

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Quentin L. Cook
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: September 8
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