Alma 1:3

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3 And he had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he termed to be the word of God, bearing down against the church; declaring unto the people that every priest and teacher ought to become popular; and they ought not to labor with their hands, but that they ought to be supported by the people.

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Hugh Nibley

“Next comes Nehor, the Great Liberal, ‘declaring unto the people that every priest and teacher ought to become popular; and they . . . ought to be supported by the people’ (Alma 1:3). This is a familiar ‘liberal’ paradox. The liberal is unpretentious and open-minded, just like everybody else--yet he forms a jealously guarded clique for the exploitation of the general public, and distinguishes sharply between the intellectual class to which he belongs as a special elite and the layman, who is expected to support him and to seek instruction at his feet.” (An Approach to the Book of Mormon, p. 366)