(See also Charity)

... the Lord's way of caring for the poor and needy hallows those who give, because they act voluntarily, and exalts those who
receive by teaching them the privilege of participating in a heavenly venture by contributing whatever their abilities permit. (D&C
104:16)
Dallin H. Oaks from The Lord's Way

My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give, out and out, to man or
woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else, if they are able-bodies, and can work and earn what they need....This is my
principle, and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.'
President Brigham Young