Prayer — persistent prayer — can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel. - Ezra Taft Benson

Stick by your righteous guns and you will bless your fellowman. Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible — but in that order.

By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.

I remember hearing in a talk that the more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more He will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.