--- title: "11 Polygamists Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Polygamists quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Polygamists sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_love_if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-p_1227722.jpg" --- > [“If love wasn’t conditional, we’d all be polygamists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-polygamists/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_love_if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-p_1227722.jpg) > [Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/polygamists-have-no-connection-with-us-whatsoever-they-don-t-belong/) [Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/gordon-b-hinckley-331_church_polygamists-have-no-connection-with-us-w_1716231.png) > [Those who imagine polygamy to be handy cover for promiscuity are apparently off the mark. If polygamists share one quality, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/those-who-imagine-polygamy-to-be-handy-cover-for-promiscuity-are/) [Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/molly-ivins-1296_imagine_those-who-imagine-polygamy-to-be-handy-c_609261.png) > [I've been saying that all along, that if you open the door for gay marriage, then you have to have the polygamists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-o-reilly/i-ve-been-saying-that-all-along-that-if-you-open-the-door-for-gay/) [Bill O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-o-reilly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/bill-o-reilly-1019_communes_i-ve-been-saying-that-all-along-that-if_2233879.jpg) > [All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cady-stanton/all-the-men-of-the-old-testament-were-polygamists-and-christ-and-paul/) [Elizabeth Cady Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cady-stanton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/elizabeth-cady-stanton-1574_christ_all-the-men-of-the-old-testament-were-po_2233397.png) > [Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/children-of-polygamists-besides-being-equally-as-bright-and-brighter/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/george-q-cannon-20238_being-equal_children-of-polygamists-besides-being-eq_2506116.png) > [Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/most-of-the-leading-figures-of-the-old-testament-were-polygamists/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/desmond-tutu-442_abraham_most-of-the-leading-figures-of-the-old-t_3038565.jpg) > [Well, I think a lot of people only hear about the extreme, fundamentalist kind of polygamists, because they're always in the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-tripplehorn/well-i-think-a-lot-of-people-only-hear-about-the-extreme/) [Jeanne Tripplehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-tripplehorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/jeanne-tripplehorn-32027_extremes_well-i-think-a-lot-of-people-only-hear-a_2356646.png) > [The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-tripplehorn/the-government-doesn-t-really-prosecute-for-polygamy-anymore-but-a/) [Jeanne Tripplehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-tripplehorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/jeanne-tripplehorn-32027_abuse_the-government-doesn-t-really-prosecute_574262.png) > [“Laura has seriously hurt the polygamists. In return, they’ve threatened her life, and that of her family. When her sister escaped her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-fitzgerald/laura-has-seriously-hurt-the-polygamists-in-return-they-ve-threatened/) [David Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/david-fitzgerald-37587_kidnapped_laura-has-seriously-hurt-the-polygamists_3207025.jpg) > [I wonder what your idea of heaven would be — A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists. All powerful and members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/i-wonder-what-your-idea-of-heaven-would-be-a-beautiful-vacuum-filled/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/ernest-hemingway-83_beautiful_i-wonder-what-your-idea-of-heaven-would_2261420.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/polygamists/#itemlist", "name": "Polygamists Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If love wasn’t conditional, we’d all be polygamists.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mokokoma Mokhonoana" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-polygamists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_love_if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-p_1227722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_love_if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-p_1227722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_love_if-love-wasn-t-conditional-we-d-all-be-p_1227722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If love wasn’t conditional, we’d all be polygamists.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. 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