"The Declaration of Independence was to set forth……" — Ezra Taft Benson
"The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings."
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406 Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson has 406 quotes on this site.
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
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The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel…
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Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important…
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father…
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Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign…
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Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
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Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we…
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One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or…
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Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just…
— Russell Baker
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The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of…
— John Adams
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were…
— Gary Bauer
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
— Otto von Bismarck
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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by…
— Theodore Bikel
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In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of…
— Tony Blair
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I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States.…
— Herman Cain
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Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants…
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility…
— U Thant
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Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
— Abraham Lincoln
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