“Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display, notwithstanding occasional corruption in public office and betrayal of sacred trust– I marvel at the miracle of America, the land which the God of Heaven long ago declared to be a land choice above all other lands.
There is too much fruitless, carping criticism of America. Perhaps the times are dark. There have been dark days in every nation. I should like to repeat the words of Winston Churchill: “Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days; these are great days– the greatest days our country has ever lived; and we must all thank God that we have been allowed, each of us according to our stations, to play a part in making these days memorable in the history of our race.”
(President Gordon B. Hinckley, National Advisory Council of BYU College of Business, November 2, 1973)
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