Articles tagged ‘ezra taft benson’

A Plea to Strengthen Our Families

Elder Ezra Taft Benson. General Conference, October 1970.

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Beware of Pride

Pride results in secret combinations which are built up to get power, gain, and glory of the world. (See Hel. 7:5; Ether 8:9, 16, 22–23; Moses 5:31.) This fruit of the sin of pride, namely secret combinations, brought down both the Jaredite and the Nephite civilizations and has been and will yet be the cause of the fall of many nations. (See Ether 8:18–25.)

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The Gospel of Liberty

This is still God’s world. The forces of evil, working through some mortals, have made a mess of a good part of it. But it is still God’s world. In due time, when each of us has had a chance to prove ourselves–including whether or not we are going to stand up for freedom…

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Believe His Prophets

by President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Believe His Prophets,” Ensign, May 1992, 50.

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Vote for Principles Over Party, Politics and Pocketbook

…I care not what his party tag is…Today, our duty transcends party allegiance; our duty today is allegiance to the Constitution as it was given to us by the Lord.

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Farewell to a Prophet – In Memoriam: Ezra Taft Benson 1899–1994

By President Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First Presidency. “Farewell to a Prophet,” Ensign, July 1994, 37.

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Christ and the Constitution

Ezra Taft Benson. from God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties. 1974, 332.)

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Civic Standards for the Faithful Saints

Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve. Civic Standards for the Faithful Saints. Ensign, July 1972, 59.
My beloved brothers and sisters, seen and unseen—and we are all brothers and sisters, children of the same Father in the spirit—humbly and gratefully I stand before you on this anniversary date of the organization of [...]

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