“We develop control by [learning] freedom…
When one understands the Gospel, it becomes very clear that the best control is self-control.
It may seem unusual at first to foster self-control by centering
on freedom of choice, but it is a very sound doctrinal approach. While either
subject may be taught separately, and though they may appear at first to be
opposites, they are in fact parts of the same subject.
Some who do not understand the doctrinal part do not readily see
the relationship between obedience and agency. And they miss one vital
connection and see obedience only as restraint. They then resist the very thing
that will give them true freedom. There is no true freedom without
responsibility, and there is no enduring freedom without a knowledge of the
truth.”
President Boyd K. Packer, "Agency and Control", April 1983 General Conference
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