Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

Look closely at what is dubbed the American model, and what do you see? Drugs, alcohol, drunken driving, sex on television, pornographic films ... AIDS which is caused by the spread of homosexuality ... women and men kissing in public, and growing poverty due to economic policies geared exclusively to serve the well off.... Their very technology is saturated with eroticism, and that is what they export to Egypt in the form of movies and television serials

There is something inherently tough about Americans. They will not accept defeat.

There are a lot of problems in this country having to do with permissiveness.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money.

Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials.

No nation is ever taller than when on its knees.

You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of great strength.” “Strength,” she said with a little laugh. “I gave her strength, and look what she did with it.

I'm not going to quit. Why should I quit? This country is worth fighting for.

I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph.

Don't let anyone tell you that America's best days are behind her - that the American spirit has been vanquished. We've seen it triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now.

It is our fundamental belief in the power of hope that has allowed us to rise above the voices of doubt and division, of anger and fear that we have faced in our own lives and in the life of America.

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

Like a snail crossing a sidewalk, the Clinton Administration leaves a lengthening trail of slime, this time on America's national honor.

The English nation is never so great as in adversity.

We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive.

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

Big government is the most corrupt industry in America.

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.