"I am a champion of liberty, and an advocate for the rights of man."

"If I were to be saved and go to heaven, and see any man there that I had not endeavored to save, I would feel worse there than I would in hell."

"I have the oldest Bible in the world; I have examined it, and there is nothing in it that conflicts with the revelations of God."

"I have the Priesthood, and can administer in the ordinances of the Gospel."

"I told them I was a Prophet of God, and had a right to obtain revelations, and that I should not be trammelled by men."