Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles… - Ezra Taft Benson

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Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and just.

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About Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was an American farmer and religious leader, serving as United States Secretary of Agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1985 until his death.

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Alternative Names: Elder Ezra Taft Benson Elder E. T. Benson Elder Ezra T. Benson
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We must expose to the light of public inquiry those forces which would destroy our country and our way of life. We should pay no attention to the recommendations of men who call the Constitution an eighteenth-century agrarian document-who apologize for capitalism and free enterprise. We should refuse to follow their siren song of increasingly concentrating the powers of government in the chief executive, of delegating American sovereign authority to non-American institutions of the United Nations and pretending that it will bring peace to the world by turning our armed forces over to a United Nations worldwide police force. (Title of Liberty, p. 16.)

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