That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment. - D&C 101:78
"Unwillingness to accept the responsibility for and consequences of one's actions is an all too common condition in today's world . . . ," said Elder F. Burton Howard of the Seventy, speaking in the April 1991 general conference. "To excuse misconduct by blaming others is presumptuous at best and is fatally flawed with regard to spiritual things. . . . The real danger in failing to accept responsibility for our own actions is that unless we do, we may never even enter on the strait and narrow path. Misconduct that does not require repentance may be pleasant at first, but it will not be for long. And it will never lead us to eternal life."
