Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes
...When we lift our voices tiny molehills of difference become great mountains of conflict.
Hinckley, Gordon B. "Slow to Anger." Ensign, Nov. 2007, p. 66.
He works were banned and he was banished by both the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War where he tried to be a mediator and was present at the Paris Peace Talks. As late as 2007 he was still not allowed into Vietnam.
Resolutions were introduced to expel Robert M. La Follette from the Senate for his unpopular anti-war views.
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from March 1995 until his death in January 2008 at age 97. Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history.