Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.
Ezra Taft BensonAre you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.
Ezra Taft BensonEvery Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which nation the Lord has declared to be his base of operations in these latter days.
Ezra Taft BensonEncourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
Ezra Taft BensonSince man created government to help secure and safeguard [inalienable] rights [from God], it follows that man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.
Ezra Taft BensonYou must keep your honor! You can't speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, "That is politics; nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas - only individual ones."
Ezra Taft Benson