"I have done more than any man living to destroy the power of the devil."

"I am a friend to the whole human race."

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Charac…"

"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 have a testimony to lay before you, my testimony is that I am a prophet of God; and I know it; and I tell you in the name of Jesus Christ that I am a prophet."