Where has the genius of the pedistal [sic] of the laws and constitution of our boasted country fled? — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country;… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
By their complying with your request to leave they [the Saints in Clay County] are surrendering some of the dearest rights guaranteed… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We are friendly to our country, and when we speak of the flag of our Union, we love it, and we love… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is an exalted… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
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![“We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor of the government as you know we are all friends to the Constitution yea true friends to that Country for which our fathers bled.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c1d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_we-think-it-would-be-wise-in-you-to-try_695400.jpg)
![“By their complying with your request to leave they [the Saints in Clay County] are surrendering some of the dearest rights guaranteed in the Constitution of our country; and that human nature can be driven to a certain extent when it will yield no further.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_by-their-complying-with-your-request-to_546142.jpg)
![“The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let all the people say Amen! that the blood of our fathers may not cry from the ground against us. Sacred is the memory of that blood which bought for us…” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e0a/joseph-smith-jr-1647_amen_the-constitution-of-our-country-was-form_3120231.jpg)
![“It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular time when the Constitution should be in danger, and rescue it, and save it. This may be so; but I do not recollect that he said exactly so. I believe he [Joseph] said something…” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_it-is-said-that-brother-joseph-in-his-li_3126338.jpg)
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![“[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ad/joseph-smith-jr-1647_hands_w-e-shall-have-the-satisfaction-of-knowi_98392.jpg)
