“As individuals, we must think nobler thoughts. We must not encourage vile thoughts or low aspirations. We shall radiate them if we do. If we think noble thoughts, if we encourage and cherish noble aspirations, there will be that radiation when we meet people, especially when we associate with them.” PeopleIfsThinkingIndividualLowsNobleAspirationCherishRadiationAssociates Author:David O. McKay
“Among the immediate obligations and duties resting upon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, and one of the most urgent and pressing for attention and action of all liberty loving people, is the preservation of individual liberty.” PeopleTodayActionJesusIndividualChristChurchAttentionLibertyDutyMembersJesus ChristSaintObligationLatterPreservationUrgentIndividual LibertyLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“The two most important documents affecting the destiny of America are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Both these immortal papers relate primarily to the freedom of the individual.” TwoImportantStatesAmericaIndividualUnitedDestinyUnited StatesPaperConstitutionIndependenceRelateImmortalDocumentsDeclarationPapersDeclaration Of IndependenceConstitution Of The United States Author:David O. McKay
“True liberty in individuals consists in the enjoying of every right that will contribute to one's peace and happiness, so long as the exercise of such a privilege does not interfere with the same privilege in others.” LongDoeIndividualEnjoyLibertyExercisePrivilegeInterferePeace And Happiness Author:David O. McKay
“Free agency is a gift of God....The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent as intelligence which, we are told, has never been nor can be created” WorldDoeIndividualDivineAgencySignificanceInherentGift From GodFree Agency Author:David O. McKay
“Misrepresentation, false propaganda, innuendoes soon sprout into poisonous weeds, and before long the people find themselves victims of a pollution that has robbed them of their individual liberty and enslaved them to a group of political gangsters.” PeopleLongPoliticalIndividualLibertyGroupsVictimPropagandaWeedPollutionGangstersPoisonousIndividual LibertySproutsMisrepresentation Author:David O. McKay
“Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.” MenWorldMadeDesireIndividualNationsPrinciplesEternalBuiltFoundationPermanentBrotherhoodSolid Foundation Author:David O. McKay
“And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life. It is not so much giving words, as thoughts; or mere maxims, as living principles. It is not teaching to be honest, because 'honesty is the best policy'; but because it is right. It is teaching the individual to love the good, for the sake of the good; to be virtuous in action because one is so in heart; to love and serve God supremely, not from fear, but from delight in his perfect character.” GivingHeartSoulEndsCharacterEyeActionPurposeIndividualPerfectPrinciplesTeachingHonestHonestyPolicyDutyMereSakeDelightAwakeningOpeningBeing HonestVirtuousServing GodMaximsEnd Of LifeHonesty Is The Best PolicyTrue Education Author:David O. McKay
“The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, is to deprive one's self of the real joy of living.” RealSelfInspirationLife IsJoyPurposeReligionHumanityIndividualStarsReligiousPleasureEffortKindnessAliveFlowerPrideGoodnessEternalPerfectionAnd LoveResponseReal LifeMaking MoneyGuidancePurityPurpose Of LifeAppetiteLove PoetryGoodness And KindnessJoy Of LivingTrue PurposeReal JoyIndividual EffortPurity And Love Author:David O. McKay
“As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.” MenIndividualGivenAgencyHeritageGod LifeIndividual FreedomFree Agency Author:David O. McKay
“The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.” InspirationLife IsPurposeHumanityIndividualEffortPerfectionGuidancePurpose Of LifeTrue PurposeIndividual Effort Author:David O. McKay
“Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.” TodayChoicesIndividualNationsLibertyIssuesConstitutionOppressionDefinedFreedom And LibertyFreedom Of ChoiceSubjugation Author:David O. McKay
“There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers.” NeedsMayTodayFatherIndividualLandCryYouthAppreciateSacredRevolutionary Author:David O. McKay
