One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

Since 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.

True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior.

Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

All through the ages prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day. Billions of the deceased and those yet to be born have their eyes on us. Make no mistake about it...this is a marked generation. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short time than there is of us.

We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church—first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.