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Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be.

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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Huntsville
Utah
David Oman McKay
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The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.
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The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.
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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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No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is a vice that bespeaks a low standard of breeding. Blasphemous exclamations drive out all spirit of reverence.
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Brothers and sisters, I believe that there are few, even temple workers, who comprehend the full meaning and power of the temple endowment. Seen for what it is, it is the step-by-step ascent into the Eternal Presence. If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives.
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The seeds of a happy marriage are sown in youth. Happiness does not begin at the altar it begins during the period of youth and courtship.
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An unsatisfied appetite for knowledge means progress and is the state of a normal mind.
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There is no success which can compensate for the failure of the family.
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Slander is poison to the soul.
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The Constitution of this government was written by men who accepted Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. Let men and women in these United States then continue to keep their eyes centered upon Him who ever shines as a Light to all the world.
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