A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
Ezra Taft BensonLet us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.
Ezra Taft BensonBy deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.
Ezra Taft BensonStrong families cultivate an attribute of effective communication. They talk out their problems, make plans together, and cooperate toward common objectives.
Ezra Taft BensonThe Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel ation, if you will-declaring not for this nation only, but for all nations, the source of man's rights.
Ezra Taft BensonCould many of our ills today have resulted from our failure to train a strong citizenry from the only source we have - the boys and girls of each community? Have they grown up to believe in politics without principle, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without effort, wealth without work, business without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice?
Ezra Taft Benson