Binding Quote by Bertrand Russell

So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to see it…

— Scott Anderson

The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based upon polygamy,…

— Jedediah M. Grant

The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after…

— Scott Anderson

That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have that in…

— Trey Parker

But perhaps the greatest attraction of Mormonism was the promise that each follower would be granted an extraordinarily intimate relationship with God. Joseph taught…

— Jon Krakauer

If the Mormon Church still supported polygamy, and if it appeared to be a system that was not exploitative of women, I wouldn't feel…

— Andrew Solomon

The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; and this…

— Heber C. Kimball

There is nothing in my teachings to the Church or in those of my associates, during the time specified, which can be reasonably construed…

— Wilford Woodruff

Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“It is one of the great ironies of Mormon history that Smith, who set the polygamous movement in motion, never experienced it in practical…

— Todd M. Compton

One major difference between Mormons and evangelicals on the subject of revelation is that Latter-day Saints believe that God has appointed modern-day prophets and…

— John Turner

Of all the names Polygamy went by (so as not to exasperate the Gentile population and even some of the wives of the members'…

— Ardyth Kennelly