Most General Conference’s I am impacted by one or two talks, and gather 30-40 highlight quotes. But the Oct. 1966 conference was absolutely stellar. Literally, I have nearly 100 different quotes I felt were just candid and impactful, and more than 6 different talks I feel strongly need to be reshared in full! Just an amazing conference with topics ranging from Freedom, Obedience, to the importance of Honesty.
I hope you enjoy this ninth installment of quotes from my studies of the General Conference Archives (If you want to read prior installments click HERE). For the first installment and an explanation of the Conference Archives see “55+ Powerful Quotes From My Study of the Oct. 1970 General Conference” To read this conference report PDF from the Church History Catalog click HERE, for the Archive.org PDF (with speech-to-text, click here) I hope you enjoy these quotes from my studies. But more than enjoy them, I hope they serve as a starting point for your own study of the Oct. 1966 General Conference! Use the page number and the above links to access the full talks. Enjoy!
90+ Candid Quotes From My Study of the Oct. 1966 General Conference
“Today, in the midst of the world’s perplexity, there should be no question in the mind of any true Latter-day Saint as to what we shall preach. The answer is as clear as the noonday sun in a cloudless sky … In simple words, then, this is the word that we should preach — the gospel plan of salvation.”
David O. McKay
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 6
“I say to you, preach in season and out of season belief in God the Eternal Father, in his Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. Proclaim that fundamental in the gospel plan is the sacredness of the individual; that God’s work and glory is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39.) Under this concept, it is a great imposition, if indeed not a crime, for any government, any labor union, or any other organization to deny a man the right to speak, to worship, and to work.”
David O. McKay
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 7
“Preach that honesty in government is essential to the perpetuation and stability of our government as it is necessary to the stability of character in the individual.”
David O. McKay
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 7
“The responsibility of declaring this plan of life, this way of life, this plan of salvation, rests upon the entire membership of the Church”
David O. McKay
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 7
“On my first visit to the fabled village of Sauniatu, so loved by President McKay, my wife and I met with a large gathering of small children. At the conclusion of our messages to these shy, yet beautiful, youngsters, I suggested to the native Samoan teacher that we go forward with the closing exercises. As he announced the final hymn, I suddenly felt compelled to personally greet each of these 247 children. My watch revealed that the time was too short for such a privilege, so I discounted the impression. Before the benediction was to be spoken, I again felt this strong impression to shake the hand of each child. This time I made the desire known to the instructor, who displayed a broad and beautiful Samoan smile. He spoke in Samoan to the children, and they beamed their approval of his comments.
The instructor then revealed to me the reason for his and their joy. He said, “When we learned that President McKay had assigned a member of the Council of the Twelve to visit us in far-away Samoa, I told the children if they would each one earnestly and sincerely pray and exert faith like the Bible accounts of old, that the Apostle would visit our tiny village at Sauniatu, and through their faith, he would be impressed to greet each child with a personal handclasp.” Tears could not be restrained as each of those precious boys and girls walked shyly by and whispered softly to us a sweet talofa lava. The gift of faith had been evidenced.”
Thomas S. Monson
GC: Oct. 1966 pp. 9-10 (Click HERE his whole talk “The Gifts of the Polynesians”)
“We can find this peace now in a world of conflict if we will but accept his great gift and his further invitation: “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matt. 11:28-29) This peace shelters us from the worldly turmoil. The knowledge that God lives, that we are his children, and that he loves us soothes the troubled heart. The answer to the quest lies in faith in God and in his Son, Jesus Christ. This will bring peace to us now and in the eternity to follow.”
Howard W. Hunter
GC: Oct. 1966 pp. 16-17
“How absurd to think that the Lord would give to a small handful of people in the Palestine world his precious direction through revelation and that now, in our extremity, he would close the heavens.”
Spencer W. Kimball
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 22
“How this confused world needs revelation from God!”
Spencer W. Kimball
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 22
“Revelation does not always mean ‘walking with God,’ nor ‘face-to- face,’ nor ‘lips-to-ear.’ There are many kinds of revelation — some more and some less spectacular.”
Spencer W. Kimball
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 23
“There are revelations even though most minds be materialistic and most hearts impenetrable.”
Spencer W. Kimball
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 26
“I bear witness that there will never be an ‘end of the prophets,’ as implied in my Bible, but that Christ’s Church moves on through the revelations of God to its divinely called leaders. This I know in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”
Spencer W. Kimball
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 26
“In order to obey the Lord we must obey his servants. Each presiding officer is to be obeyed in righteousness.”
S. Dilworth Young
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 27
“‘. . . inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents’ (D&C 68:25) While this revelation does not specifically mention all that should be taught to children, certainly it is clear that parents must teach if children are to obey the teaching.”
S. Dilworth Young
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 27
“Children know what they are taught, and if they are not taught to understand and obey this first law of heaven [obedience], they cannot be expected to obey it.”
S. Dilworth Young
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 27
“Do you love a wife enough to want her with you forever?”
Theodore M. Burton
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 35
“God is not dead. He lives. Jesus Christ lives”
John Longden
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 38
“Satan however, has never exerted more influence among the children of men than he is exerting throughout the world today to bring about sin and misery and the destruction of the human race.”
Milton R. Hunter
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 39
“God is our Father. We are his spirit children. He placed us here upon this earth and gave us the privilege of parenthood. He gave us the divine laws by which our earthly parenthood should operate: namely, the laws of love, purity of heart, chastity, celestial marriage, and family life.”
Milton R. Hunter
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 40
“The greatest joys in all of life and throughout all of eternity come in connection with the love that husbands have for wives, wives have for husbands, children have for parents, and parents have for children. The service and sacrifices that each member of the family renders to each other member are the jewels of which the joys of life are made.”
Milton R. Hunter
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 40
“The Lord promises that righteous people who are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise will eventually come back into his presence and receive eternal life.”
Milton R. Hunter
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 40
“One of the most terrible counterfeits of happy family life is sexual immorality”
Milton R. Hunter
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 40
“If all men reading the scriptures were moved upon by the power of the Holy Ghost, we wouldn’t have hundreds of churches claiming that they have the truth. If you just stop to think a minute, they have come into existence because men could not agree in their interpretation of the scriptures.”
LeGrand Richards
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 43
“It is most important that we be acquainted with the evils of the day and realize how insidious they are and accept our responsibility to guard against these evils.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 46
“The new security gives one the idea that the world owes him a living, and destroys individual initiative and infringes on his liberty and freedom.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 46
“The only way to guard successfully against these evils is to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ, which offers not only a better way of life but the solution to these and all other problems facing us today.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 46
“We would have no more war or strife or any of the evils … if the world would accept God as the creator of the world and Jesus Christ as its Savior.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 46
“The greatest leaders of recorded history, and of today, in industry and government, have always believed in God.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 47
“Columbus had great faith in God. This famous explorer in his report to the king and queen of Spain wrote near the end of his letter: “all Christendom ought to feel joyful and make great celebrations and give solemn thanks” for the privilege of bringing Christ’s message to the peoples of these newfound lands.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 47
“The Ten Commandments leave us with the impressive message that we are free either to serve God and keep his commandments or to be ruled by tyrants.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 48
“As members of the Church we are encouraged to gain an education, to learn what we can, to prepare ourselves to take our places in the world, and to contribute all we can to the good and welfare of mankind.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 48
“A personal knowledge of God is essential to the salvation of every human soul. Therefore, its importance cannot be overestimated.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 48
“Either faith in God must triumph in the United States or we will be dominated by criminals and communists.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“Let us go forward with a positive attitude. Be not ashamed. Be not influenced by those who ridicule and those who question and those who deny God.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“Let us not be among those who believe but do not have the courage and the strength to live according to the teachings of the gospel.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“Let us remember that there is nothing else quite so sure as that we will one day leave this frail existence. Let us set about to prepare ourselves for that day.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“If we are to stop the onslaught of immorality, divorce and family disintegration, lawlessness, strife, riots, burglaries, murders, crime, and deception, we must not ask what are they doing about it. We must ask and answer the question, ‘What am I doing?’ Let us examine ourselves, acknowledge our faults, and repent where we should.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“I pray that each and every one of us will realize how important it is that we have family prayer in our home, that we have home evening, that we keep the Sabbath day holy, and dedicate ourselves to overcoming evil and keeping his commandments.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49
“I thank God with all my heart that I know as I know I stand here that God lives, that we are his spirit children, that Jesus Christ is his Only Begotten Son, and that through his atonement all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel as revealed through his prophets.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 49-50
“The basis for the hope and courage that will keep us from being troubled does not lie in the expectation that enough people will accept and obey the restored gospel to turn aside the oncoming calamities. Nor does it depend upon any such contingency. As already indicated, it lies in the assurance that everyone who will accept and obey the restored gospel of Jesus Christ shall reap the promised rewards, and this regardless of what others do. And certain it is that those who receive the blessings will have to prevail against great opposition, for the world in general is not improving.”
Marion G. Romney
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 53
“Even now the tares are binding themselves in bundles, making ready for the field to be burned.”
Marion G. Romney
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 53
“Generally speaking, men have rejected him and have chosen to put their trust in their own wisdom. In this they have made a terrible, tragic mistake. All history vindicates, and coming events will vindicate, the prophet’s statement, ‘Cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.’ (See 2 Ne. 4:34.)”
Marion G. Romney
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 52
“It has always been faith in a lofty goal and confidence that it may be attained that have held people on the rugged course to high attainment.”
Marion G. Romney
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 52
“From a church welfare bulletin of some years ago (Bulletin 112, June 1961), I recall this counsel, as sound and urgent today as ever it was, or perhaps more so:
(1) Obtain sufficient education and training to qualify for positions that will produce adequate income.
(2) Live within income and accumulate savings.
(3) Avoid excessive debt.
To summarize, this says: Prepare well, save something, avoid the slavery of debt (and all other kinds of slavery also, of which there is an infinite variety).”
Richard L. Evans
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 55
“Family financial disturbances come from inadequate planning, overbuying, poor vision, emotional immaturity, and lack of self-discipline. Getting in debt is largely an emotional decision rather than a rational one.”
John H. Vandenberg
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 66
“When a family finds itself too far in debt, the atmosphere of discouragement enters the home, relationships become tense, tempers become short, and marital troubles begin to erupt. … stay out of unwarrantable debt.”
John H. Vandenberg
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 66
“Because the home is the basic unit of society, its stability, sanctity, and harmony should be maintained. Our objective should be to help eradicate anything that tends to upset the equilibrium of the family unit.”
John H. Vandenberg
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 66
“Many of us need to take a good look at our own financial situation and philosophy, because I fear that many Latter-day Saints are being swept into the rising tide of financial insolvency. The virtues of thrift and saving need to be taught in our families.”
John H. Vandenberg
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 68
“Spiritual food is as essential as material food, and yet many are starving themselves spiritually.”
Franklin D. Richards
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 70
“As we are faithful we shall be made strong in every place, and the Lord will go with us. (See D&C66:8)”
Franklin D. Richards
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 72
“May the Lord bless each parent with vision and understanding in their early years of parenthood so that they do not find it necessary to experiment on four or five children before arriving at an understanding of how to rear them wisely.”
Eldred G. Smith
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 77
“The answer for peace is not military might alone. We must turn to God and keep his commandments. We must seek him in prayer, and be sincere in our prayers.”
Eldred G. Smith
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 79
“Peace is the exemption from individual troubles, from family brawls, from national difficulties. Peace does not come to the transgressor of law. Peace comes by obedience to law, peace to the individual that he may be at peace with God, at peace in the home, and in the neighborhood. Peace can come into the world only through obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
David O. McKay
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 79
“The responsibility to perform this labor came to you from the Son of God. You are his servants. You will be held accountable to him for your stewardship, and unless you magnify your callings and prove yourselves worthy and faithful in all things, you will not stand blameless before him at the last day.”
Joseph Fielding Smith
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 84
“Priesthood holders, do you love the Lord? Do you have any hungry lambs and sheep in your area — friends and neighbors hungry for God’s righteous- ness and the gospel plan of salvation — good, honest people waiting for the voice of a righteous teacher who speaks as one having authority, one with the priesthood and authority from God?”
Bernard P. Brockbank
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 89
“Every member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should be a missionary. Each member should bring one or more of his neighbors and friends into the Church each year.”
Bernard P. Brockbank
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 89
“We are false prophets to ourselves when we do not follow the Prophet of God”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 98
“I would rather walk barefoot from here to the celestial kingdom and back into the presence of my Heavenly Father, if I can get there, than to let the things of this world keep me out.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 98
“There are people in our state who believe in following the Prophet in everything they think is right, but when it is something they think isn’t right, and it doesn’t appeal to them, then that’s different. Then they become their own prophet. They decide what the Lord wants and what the Lord doesn’t want.”
An anonymous man quoted by N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 98
“When we decide that there are some of them [the Prophets counsels] that we will not keep or follow, we are taking the law of the Lord into our own hands and become our own prophets, and believe me, we will be led astray because we are false prophets to ourselves when we do not follow the Prophet of God.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 98
“It is important, brethren, that we keep our pledges and our covenants and keep our name good. A man’s good name is worth more than any material thing he could have.”
N. Eldon Tanner
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 100
“Marriage, the family, and the home are among the most important subjects of our whole theological doctrine, and as the family is the basic and fundamental unit of the Church and of society, its preservation and its righteous needs should take precedence over all other interests.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 101
“The purpose of this life, and indeed the purpose of existence, is that man might grow into greater likeness of his Maker.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 101
“The essential institution to obtain this perfection, which is necessary to enable us to re-enter our Father’s presence and be happy there, is the eternal family unit.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 102
“Parents who seek respect for their precepts must, as the principle of the law of equity puts it, “come with clean hands.” Children quickly detect insincerity.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 102
“All the virtues toward which we are striving are only really obtainable within society and are best obtainable within the building blocks of that society — that is, within the family unit.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 102
“The reason these kids are getting into trouble with cops is because cops are the first people they meet who say and mean it ‘you can’t do that.'”
R. P. Smith as quoted by Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 102
“Marriage was intended from the beginning to be eternal. This is evidenced by the fact that the first known form of human government started with Adam and Eve, who, according to the scriptures, were united by God himself. This was before there was any death; therefore, the words “until death do you part” would have been meaningless. After the Fall they added children to their family, and together they comprised an eternal unit.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“The family organization is patriarchal in nature and is patterned after the one in heaven itself”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“The very essence of divine government is fatherhood and the recognition of the family relationship. The Church itself exists to exalt the family, and the family concept is one of the major and most important of the whole theological doctrine.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“Our very concept of heaven itself is the projection of the home into eternity. Salvation, then, is essentially a family affair, and full participation in the plan of salvation can be had only in family units.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“One of the first commandments given to Adam and Eve was to multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. This injunction has never been revoked.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“When the father and mother and children are sealed together by the same divine authority as was given to Peter, celestial marriage commences an eternal family.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“All who are faithful to the teachings of the gospel will continue as a family into the highest degree of the celestial kingdom and will be crowned with immortality, eternal life, and eternal increase.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“The very foundation of the Kingdom of God, of righteousness, of progress, of development, of eternal life, and eternal increase in the Kingdom of God is laid in the divinely ordained home.”
Joseph F. Smith as quoted by Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 103
“Because [the youth] are children of God, teach them to be loyal to the royal spirit that is in them.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 104
“Man is more precious in the sight of God than all the planets and suns of space. Incomprehensibly grand as are the physical creations of the earth and space, they have been brought into existence as a means to an end; they are the handiwork of God; man is his son. The supreme purpose of creation is, in his own words, ‘to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.’ (Moses 1:39.)”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 105
“We emphasize the dignity of the individual, his supreme importance in the family unit and in society, his potential unfolding into a Godlike status, and eventually his exaltation in the celestial kingdom.”
Hugh B. Brown
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 105
“Honesty is as basic to true Christianity as baptism or the resurrection of the dead. It is the foundation of all character development. Just as no man can see the kingdom of heaven without baptism, as explained by the Savior, so it may be said with equal truth that no dishonest man, except he repents, can see the kingdom of heaven.”
Mark E. Petersen
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 105
“Our Christian civilization is built upon integrity. Without it our way of life would collapse. If we allow dishonesty to weave itself into the fabric of our lives, we invite moral suicide.”
Mark E. Petersen
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 105
“Is our personal conduct a reflection of Christlike virtues? Can any professed Christian be a Christian indeed if he is not honest? What is the gospel for — merely to talk about?”
Mark E. Petersen
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 106
“Honesty is intimately and inseparably related to true charity. Charity is the perfect love of Christ. Can there be true charity, then, without honesty? Is there any charity in a dishonest act?”
Mark E. Petersen
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 106
“What does he mean when he says: ‘Thou shalt not lie,’ …? Does he give us permission to tell little lies with the understanding that we will not tell big ones?”
Mark E. Petersen
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 107
“Without the Holy Ghost, one lives in spiritual darkness, blind to truth, unbelieving of heart, and apostate in feelings and teachings.”
Delbert L. Stapley
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 113
“The Holy Ghost is required to interpret correctly the teachings of holy men. Therefore, those who do not possess the Spirit of God cannot comprehend the things of God.”
Delbert L. Stapley
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 113
“The Holy Ghost inspires, uplifts, and motivates a sincere person to love truth and pursue righteousness.”
Delbert L. Stapley
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 114
“If man will recognize his divine origin, he will then realize his Heavenly Father will not leave him alone to grope in darkness of mind and spirit, but will make available a power to influence him … The Holy Ghost is that power.”
Delbert L. Stapley
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 114
“All too often when God speaks in this still, small voice, as he did to Elijah in the cave, it may not be audible to our physical hearing because, like a faulty radio, we may be out of tune with the infinite.”
Harold B. Lee
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 115
“Mother’s intuition, with which most of you are familiar, is a form of divine guidance in its purest and simplest form.”
Harold B. Lee
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 118
“Why have prophets of God been commanded to proclaim liberty and lead the battle to preserve freedom? Because freedom is basic to the great plan of the Lord. The gospel can prosper only in an atmosphere of freedom.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 121
“The gospel can prosper only in an atmosphere of freedom. This fact is confirmed by history, as well as by sacred scriptures. The right of choice — free agency — runs like a golden thread throughout the gospel plan of the Lord for the blessing of his children.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 121
“Prophets of God, as watchmen on the towers, have proclaimed liberty. Holy men of God have led the fight against anarchy and tyranny.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 121
“’Satan is making war against all the wisdom that has come to men through their ages of experience. He is seeking to overturn and destroy the very foundations upon which society, government, and religion rest. He aims to have men adopt theories and practices which he induced their forefathers, over the ages, to adopt and try, only to be discarded by them when found unsound, impractical, and ruinous. He plans to destroy liberty and freedom — economic, political, and religious, and to set up in place thereof the greatest, most widespread, and most complete tyranny that has ever oppressed man. He is working under such perfect disguise that many do not recognize either him or his methods. . . . Without their knowing it, the people are being urged down paths that lead only to destruction. Satan never before had so firm a grip on this generation as he has now.’ (“Message of the First Presidency,” The Improvement Era, Nov. 1942, p. 761.)
In spite of the scriptural evidence and the counsel of modern-day prophets during the past more than 100 years, there are still some who seem to feel we have no responsibility to safeguard and strengthen our precious God-given freedom. There are some who apparently feel that the fight for freedom is separate from the gospel.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 122
“Should we counsel people, ‘Just live your religion. There’s no need to get involved in the fight for freedom?’ No, we should not, because our stand for freedom is a most basic part of our religion; this stand helped get us to this earth, and our reaction to freedom in this life will have eternal consequences.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 122
“That’s why we must learn — and the sooner we learn, the better — to keep our eye on the Prophet, the President of the Church.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 122
“Keep your eye on the Prophet, for the Lord will never permit his Prophet to lead this Church astray.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 122
“A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.”
Bertrand de Jouvenel as quoted by Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 124
“We have a Prophet today. What we need is a listening ear.”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 125
“Today our Prophet and President has said: ‘No greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this Republic and of neighboring Republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States.’ Is this plain enough?”
Ezra Taft Benson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 125
“There is no other way; there are no shortcuts in the kingdom of God. We repent, we forgive, we progress, and may we remind ourselves once more, it all starts with our own willingness to forgive one another.”
Robert L. Simpson
CR, Oct. 1966, pp. 129
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