LET’S PLAY, "WHO SAID IT: EZRA TAFT BENSON OR DONALD J. TRUMP"?

I’ll share a quote, you decide if it was Ezra Taft Benson or Donald J. Trump
(answers below)

QUESTIONS

• "Our Republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government, but that freedom is a gift from God."

 

• "I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as never before in our history." 

 

• "We must support our local police in their difficult task of keeping law and order in these trying times. Police should not be encumbered by civilian review boards, or asked to be social workers... Persistent cries of “police brutality" should be recognized for what they are-attempts to discredit our police and discourage them from doing their job to the best of their ability."

 

• "The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace & liberty & Justice for all. That's a big dream. It's not always easy to achieve, but that's the ideal. More than any country in history we've made gains toward a democracy that is enviable through the world. Dreams require perseverance if they are to be realized, and fortunately, we're a hard-working country and people. We are the luckiest people in history, just by the fact that we are Americans.”

 

• "The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.”

 

• "Government is created by the people... It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will.” 

 

• "Each American generation passes the torch of truth. liberty, and justice in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present. That torch is now in our hands and we will use it to light up the world.”​

ANSWERS

• "Our Republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government, but that freedom is a gift from God."
• DJT, National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 2017

 

• "I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as never before in our history." 
• ETB, Ensign Magazine, “A witness and a warning”, 1979

 

• "We must support our local police in their difficult task of keeping law and order in these trying times. Police should not be encumbered by civilian review boards, or asked to be social workers... Persistent cries of “police brutality" should be recognized for what they are-attempts to discredit our police and discourage them from doing their job to the best of their ability."
• ETB, General Conference, "Civil Rights: Tool of Communist deception,” 1967

 

• "The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace & liberty & Justice for all. That's a big dream. It's not always easy to achieve, but that's the ideal. More than any country in history we've made gains toward a democracy that is enviable through the world. Dreams require perseverance if they are to be realized, and fortunately, we're a hard-working country and people. We are the luckiest people in history, just by the fact that we are Americans.”
• DJT, Forbes Magazine, 2007

 

• "The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life.”
• DJT, Republican National Convention Speech, 2016

 

• "Government is created by the people... It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will.” 
• ETB "The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner" 1986

 

• "Each American generation passes the torch of truth. liberty, and justice in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present. That torch is now in our hands and we will use it to light up the world.”
• DJT, Joint Address to Congress, 2017

How many did you get right?