Ifs Quote by Brigham Young

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

— Abraham Lincoln

“No secular country or state can impose laws on its citizens prohibiting polygamy or bigamy, unless one religion enjoys more privileges than others.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

We are very, very far from recognising polygamy in our country, thank God.

— Marine Le Pen

The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep…

— Gene Robinson

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

I condemn polygamy, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal. It is not legal. And this church takes the position…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and…

— Wilford Woodruff

“Polygamy is a luxury of the cave-people, and monogamy is an existential responsibility of the civilized society.”

— Abhijit Naskar

We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we cannot submit.…

— John Taylor

I have a theory: I believe that with the advent of the United States and the lawful definition of marriage, it was defined as…

— Ariel Pink

“Marriage is the union of male and female and the sharing of life together, involving both divine and human law.”

— Modestinus

Obviously the holy practice (of polygamy) will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the…

— Bruce R. McConkie