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Dallin H. Oaks Quotes

born 1932 United States

Dallin Harris Oaks (born August 12, 1932) is an American attorney, jurist, author, professor, public speaker, and religious leader. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

If you wish to marry well, inquire well.

None should resist the plea that we unite to increase our concern for the welfare and future of our children — the rising generation.

If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

Unpopular minority religions are especially dependent upon a constitutional guarantee of free exercise of religion. We are fortunate to have such a guarantee in the United States, but many nations do not. The importance of that guarantee should make us ever diligent to defend it.

I submit that religious values and political realities are so inter-linked in the origin and perpetuation of this nation that we cannot lose the influence of religion in our public life without seriously jeopardizing our freedoms.

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