The Enemy Within

September 11, 2008 in Government by Greg | No comments

Writing in 1956, David O. McKay warned of the enemy within society that threatens to disintegrate the established constitutional form of government. President McKay wrote:

There are present in our own United States influences, the avowed object of which is to sow discord and contention among men with the view of undermining, weakening, if not entirely destroying our constitutional form of government. Timely references and appropriate warnings have been given on the danger and evils of war. There is another danger even more menacing than the threat of invasion of a foreign foe. It is the unpatriotic activities and underhanded scheming of disloyal groups and organizations within our own borders. The government knowing who and where the enemy is can make ample preparation to meet his attacks. But the secret, seditious scheming of an enemy within our own ranks, hypocritically professing loyalty to the government, and at the same time plotting against it, is more difficult to deal with. . . . So it is in government. It is the enemy from within that is most menacing, especially when it threatens to disintegrate our established form of government.¹