"I have asked of the Lord concerning the practice of the Saints, and I have received for answer, that I should take unto myself more wives than one, and that the Saints should do likewise."

"I am a Lover of the Constitution of the United States."

"I am a man of love, and I will love God and all men to the end."

"I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the Gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities,…"

"I am a chosen vessel of the Lord to do a great work."