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Ensign, "Protect the Children"
Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, (November 2012)Children are highly vulnerable. They have little or no power to protect or provide for themselves and little influence on so much that is vital to their well-being. Children need others to speak for them, and they need decision makers who put their well-being ahead of selfish adult interests.