Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph… — Brigham Young 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
I'm no more a lawbreaker than they are , and if they were lawbreakers for keeping God's commandments, they're my example. — Tom Green 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
Says one brother to another, 'Joseph says all covenants are done away, and none are binding but the new covenants; now suppose… — Jedediah M. Grant Copy Share Image
The First Command was to 'Multiply' and the Prophet taught us that Dominion & powr in the great Future would be Comensurate… — Benjamin F. Johnson Copy Share Image
We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
“If love wasn't conditional, everybody would be in love with everybody.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; I do not know who they were,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special… — Fawn M. Brodie Copy Share Image
“How a man treats his wife has to do with that individual man, whether in polygyny or monogamy.” — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric,… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman. — William Law Copy Share Image
'Do you think that we shall ever be admitted as a State into the Union without denying the principle of polygamy?' If… — Brigham Young 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
For example, most mammals are either monogamous or polygamous. But as every poet or divorce attorney will tell you, humans are confused… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . . — Wilford Woodruff 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