Anew Quote by Scott Anderson

“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

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

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 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

Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph Smith, and…

— Brigham Young

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

Those who imagine polygamy to be handy cover for promiscuity are apparently off the mark. If polygamists share one quality, it is that, polygamy…

— Molly Ivins

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

The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.

— Andrew Solomon

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

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

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the…

— Brigham Young