Pure Government is Theocratic

     "It is not a human monarchy, for man-made kings are tyrant.  It is not an aristocracy, for in that case the few trample upon the rights of the many.  It is not a democracy, for mobs composed of the mass, with no stronger power to check them, are the greatest tyrants and oppressors in the world.  But it is a theocracy, where the great Eloheim, Jehovah, holds the superior honor.  He selects the officers.  He reveals and appoints the laws, and He counsels, reproves, directs, guides and holds the reins of government."

-Parley P. Pratt

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