Ezra Taft Benson Great Quotations

I am a witness to nations and people deprived of their freedom. I was there. I watched that great Iron Curtain drop around nations which formerly had prized their freedom - good people. I was aghast as these were written off by the stroke of a pen.

The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

The great test of life is obedience to God.

Great battles can make great heroes and heroines.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.

The United States of America has been great because it has been free.

America is a place of many great events. Here is where Adam dwelt, where the Garden of Eden was located. America was the place of former civilizations, including Adam's, the Jaredites', and Nephites'.

I challenge the homes of Israel to display on their walls great quotations and scenes from the Book of Mormon.

The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.