All the King's Men (1946)
“A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge.”
—
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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History of the Church
History of the Church, 4:588 (10 April 1842)
1840s
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Is ignorance—his widest wisdom folly.”
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The Coming of Love and Other Poems (1897)
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(1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Source: 1860s, Fourth of July Address to Congress (1861)
Context: The evidence reaching us from the country leaves no doubt that the material for the work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand of legislation to give it legal sanction and the hand of the Executive to give it practical shape and efficiency. One of the greatest perplexities of the Government is to avoid receiving troops faster than it can provide for them. In a word, the people will save their Government if the Government itself will do its part only indifferently well.