choice and control

In an April 1983 talk, Boyd K Packer told of a conversation with a general and his wife. They were impressed with the youth of the church and asked how the church "controlled" them.  

"I was interested in her use of the word ‘control’.... I said we develop control by teaching freedom... When one understands the gospel, it becomes very clear that the best control is self-control.... There is no true freedom without responsibility, and there is no enduring freedom without a knowledge of the truth."

Agency and Control  

By Elder Boyd K. Packer

I thought this was really well franed and worth pondering. It's probably better in its full, original version but this conveys the basic thought process.