The Church ever operates in full light. There is no secrecy about its doctrine, aim, or work. — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
The Manifesto was not a divine production but something manufactured to outwit the church's enemies. — Charles W. Penrose Copy Share Image
“Polygamy is a luxury of the cave-people, and monogamy is an existential responsibility of the civilized society.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
You might as well deny 'Mormonism,' and turn away from it, as to oppose the plurality of wives. — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
“If love wasn't conditional, everybody would be in love with everybody.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I think no more of taking another wife than I do of buying a cow. — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
“I would not have been able to articulate it at that time, but I had begun a painful journey toward an impossible… — Carol Lynn Pearson Copy Share Image
“I [Lorna Craig] would say that teaching a girl that her salvation depends on her having sexual relations with a married man… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
I have a theory: I believe that with the advent of the United States and the lawful definition of marriage, it was… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
I, Charles W. Penrose, wrote the Manifesto with the assistance of Frank J. Cannon and John White... Wilford Woodruff signed it to… — Charles W. Penrose Copy Share Image
“I'm not really sure why some people automatically jump to "polygamy" when they hear gay marriage. When I hear "gay marriage" I… — G. Xavier Robillard Copy Share Image
Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based… — Jedediah M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Why do Yanomamö men risk killing another? Those who do and survive end up with more wives and more babies. In one… — Terry Burnham Copy Share Image
My wife would not speak evil of ... anyone ... without cause. Joseph is a liar and not she. That Smith admired… — William Law Copy Share Image
The Prophet had made dishonorable proposals to my wife... under cover of his asserted 'Revelation.'... Smith told his wife Jane the Lord… — William Law Copy Share Image
When did I ever teach anything wrong from this stand? When was I ever confounded? I want to triumph in Israel before… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
“Nim looked aghast. “Of course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? No—it’s Number Seven of the wives.… — Colleen Chen Copy Share Image
“Religious fundamentalism advocates homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, polygamy and many other primitive evils. Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I think men that have not been in polygamy, and I was one of them, fantasize about polygamy. Fantasize. It is fantasy.… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“When Heaven has an earthquake you fall to your knees and feel through the rubble to find the pieces of God. When… — Carol Lynn Pearson Copy Share Image
“Estates are sometimes held by foolish forms, the breaking of a stick or the payment of a peppercorn. I was willing to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A woman by nature is supposed to be picky, because a woman decides the quality of our next generation by virtue of… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
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