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Quote of the Day: Mormon rancher Cliven Bundy

Ron Ribiat

“We are to be ‘subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates’ as they honor the Constitution. But if they don’t honor the Constitution, we don’t have no obligation to ’em. Only as they honor the principles of protecting liberty and freedom of individual rights do we honor them and their government. It don’t say we honor them and their laws.”

— Mormon rancher Cliven Bundy, who is at odds with the federal government over $1 million in back grazing fees, talking to KUER’s Doug Fabrizio about Mormon teachings on being subject to civil government.

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