"It was 48 years ago at this April conference
that I was first sustained as a General Authority. Since that time I have
spoken in every general conference of the Church. I have given well over
200 such talks. I have dealt with a great variety of subjects. But running
through all has been a dominant thread of testimony of this great
latter-day work." -Gordon B. Hinckley, "Seek Ye the Kingdom of God,"
Ensign, May 2006, 81.
"For the television program 60 Minutes, [Mike Wallace]
said, '[People will say] this is a church run by old men.' To this,
President Hinckley replied, 'Isn't it wonderful to have a man of
maturity at the head--a man of judgment who isn't blown about by every
wind of doctrine?' (Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, Volume
1: 1995-1999 [2005], 509). . . . If any of you think the present
leadership is too old to lead the Church, President Hinckley may need to
give you some further counsel about the wisdom that comes with age!"
-James E. Faust, "Called and Chosen," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 53.