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Brigham Young
Age: 76 †
Born: 1801
Born: June 1
Died: 1877
Died: August 29
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This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth
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When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.
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When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.
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I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The whole world will think what an awful thing it is. What an awful thing it would be if the Mormons should just say we believe in marrying brothers and sisters.
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Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
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Love the giver more than the gift.
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I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor.
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In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.
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If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full.
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Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles.
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It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.
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Will you stop drinking whiskey? Let me plead with you to do so. And if the sisters would not think it oppressive, I would ask them to not drink quite so much strong tea.
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Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
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When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.
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Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!
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It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.
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We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.
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I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.
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When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy
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It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.
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