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If we would change the world, we must first change people's thoughts.
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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The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?
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I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will take care of us all, and everything belongs to the government. It is wrong!
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The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.
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Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.
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The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.
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[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.
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