When the people are thus led to believe that desire is the highest law, that liberty is license, and that man is accountable only to himself, who can wonder that corruption and depravity teem on every hand? Multitudes eagerly accept teachings that leave them at liberty to obey the promptings of the carnal heart. The reins of self-control are laid upon the neck of lust, the powers of mind and soul are made subject to the animal propensities, and Satan exultingly sweeps into his net thousands who profess to be followers of Christ.—The Great Controversy, 555, 556 (1911). {2MCP 724.2}

Når mennesker på denne måde er bragt til at tro, at begæret er den højeste lov, at frihed er det samme som tøjlesløshed, og at mennesket kun står til regnskab over for sig selv, hvem kan så undre sig over, at last og fordærv udfolder sig alle vegne? Selvbeherskelsens tøjler slappes, tankens og sjælens styrke underlægges dyriske tilbøjeligheder, og med fryd indfanger Satan i sit garn tusinder af dem, der foregiver at være Kristi disciple. — Den store strid, 555, 556 (1911).