We will prepare and we will not be afraid.

 The Lord has said, “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear”   D&C 38:30

We have been taught that we should build our reserves over a period of time, that we should not go into debt to do so, that we should buy those things we use and use them on a rotation basis, that we should use common sense in preparing ourselves to be independent and self-reliant. There has never been extremism or fanaticism associated with these teachings.