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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
7 speeches between 2003 and 2025, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 25,612 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
7
2003–2025
Words
25,612
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
55
7.9 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
also First Presidency, Seventy
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
20032025
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- truth 128
- harriet 13
- reich 12
- wright 9
- elephant 8
- restoration 22
- holy ghost 39
- semmelweis 5
- contention 11
- altitude 5
- subway 5
- frankfurt 5
Scriptures cited most
- 2 Nephi11
- Doctrine and Covenants10
- Acts6
- John4
- Joseph Smith—History4
- Matthew2
- Moroni2
- Psalms2
Callings when speaking
- Quorum of the Twelve 4
- First Presidency 2
- Seventy 1
As given in the bylines: of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Of the First Presidency · of the First Presidency · of the Presidency of the Seventy
Every speech
- 11 Nov 2003The Wind Beneath Your Wingsof the Presidency of the Seventy · Devotional3,843 w23 refs
- 22 Aug 2006Truth Restoredof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,307 w26 refs
- 23 Apr 2009As You Embark upon This New Eraof the First Presidency · Commencement2,405 w6 refs
- 13 Jan 2013What Is Truth?Of the First Presidency · Devotional3,860 w0 refs
- 15 Jan 2019Can You Hear the Music?of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,395 w0 refs
- 17 Aug 2021Five Messages That All of God’s Children Need to Hearof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,831 w0 refs
- 15 Apr 2025Joyfully Receive the Unexpected Messiahof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional2,971 w0 refs