“Patriotism,” Friend, July 1979, inside back cover
Patriotism
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
A of F 1:12
All regularly organized and well established governments have certain laws by which … the innocent are protected and the guilty punished. … The law of man promises safety in temporal life; but the law of God promises that life which is eternal.
—Joseph Smith