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Next to being one in worshipping God there is nothing in this world upon which the Church should be more united that in upholding and defending the Constitution of the United States
David O. McKay
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David O. McKay
Age: 96 †
Born: 1873
Born: September 8
Died: 1970
Died: January 18
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Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
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Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
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To be ignorant of one's own ignorance is to be in an unprogressive, uninspired state of existence.
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Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.
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[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.
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I never think of death: I am too busy thinking of life.
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