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• Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.

  Brigham Young

  Wife, Feelings, Promise

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.266

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• The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.

  Brigham Young

  Thinking

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• Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!

  Brigham Young

  Children, Order, Heaven

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• Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State, and at last suffered death? Because he received revelations from the Father, from the Son, and was ministered to by holy angels, and published to the world the direct will of the Lord concerning his children on the earth.

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  Children, Father, Angel

  Journal of Discourses 18:231, September 17, 1876.

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• It is a poor, unwise and very imbecile people who cannot take care of themselves.

  Brigham Young

  People, Care, Imbeciles

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• Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this desire in woman's nature. It should be respected by the stronger sex. Any man who takes advantage of this, and humbles a daughter of Eve to rob her of her virtue, and cast her off dishonored and defiled, is her destroyer, and is responsible to God for the deed.

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  Daughter, Sex, Husband

  Brigham Young (1867). “Journal of Discourses”, p.268

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• After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles.

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  Kings, Son, Men

  Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”

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• Every organization of our government, the best government in the world, is crumbling to pieces. Those who have it in their hands are the ones who are destroying it. How long will it be before the words of the prophet Joseph will be fulfilled? He said if the Constitution of the United States were saved at all it must be done by this people. It will not be many years before these words come to pass.

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  Hands, Years, Organization

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• The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like himself.

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  Purpose, Becoming, Lord

  Brigham Young (1992). “The Essential Brigham Young”

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• Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.

  Brigham Young

  Pyramids, Serious, Pursuit

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• If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!

  Brigham Young

  Praying, Feels, Ifs

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• A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

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  Greatness, Men, Good Man

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.120

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• The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.

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  Religious, Self Reliance, Gold

  Brigham Young (1855). “Journal of Discourses”, p.250

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• Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ. I know it is true & they know it. The Negro cannot hold one particle of Government ... if any man mingles his seed with the seed of Cane the only way he Could get rid of it or have salvation would be to Come forward & have his head Cut off & spill his Blood upon the ground. It would also take the life of his Children.

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  Jesus, Children, Cutting

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• You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind....Cain slew his brother. Can might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin.

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  Brother, Blessing, Class

  Journal of Discourses, vol. 7 (p. 290), 1863.

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• The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.

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  Men, Everyday, Desire

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• Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

  Brigham Young

  Humble, Toil, May

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• Honest hearts produce honest actions.

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  Honesty, Heart, Ethics

  Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”

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• I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.

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  Religious, Heart, Men

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• If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.

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  Children, Father, Giving

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.205

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• Let us have compassion upon each other, and let the strong tenderly nurse the weak into strength, and let those who can see guide the blind until they can see the way for themselves.

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  Strong, Kindness, Compassion

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• What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

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  Saint, Earth, Latter

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• Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Trials

  Brigham Young (1861). “Journal of Discourses”, p.150

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• Take care of yourselves, and live as long as you can, and do all the good you can.

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  Exercise, Long, Care

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• Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would atone for their sins, and be received into the Kingdom of God. I would at once do so, in such a case; and under the circumstances, I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.... There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it.

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  Brother, Heart, Men

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.247

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