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I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all men by the Constitution and laws of the United States and of Illinois.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
Age: 38 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 23
Died: 1844
Died: June 27
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For he that diligently seeketh shall find and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old as in times to come wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round - 1 Nephi 10:19
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Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God.
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I combat the errors of ages I meet the violence of mobs I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth and God is my 'right hand man'.
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Happiness is the object and design of our existence and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.
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I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.
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I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like methodism and not like Latter day Saintism. Methodists have creeds which a man must believe or be kicked out of their church. I want the liberty of believing as I please, it feels so good not to be tramelled.
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We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant.
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Governor Ford is sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and also of this State Illinois, and these constitutions guarantee religious as well as civil liberty to all religious societies whatever.
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Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.
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If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.
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Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
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This doctrine of polygamy, or spiritual wife-system, that has been taught and practiced among us, will prove our destruction and overthrow.
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The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let all the people say Amen! that the blood of our fathers may not cry from the ground against us. Sacred is the memory of that blood which bought for us our liberty.
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By proving contraries, truth is made manifest.
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If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after much endurance on our part, is to maintain and uphold the constitution and institutions of our country, and to protect an injured, innocent, and persecuted people against misrule and mob violence.
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I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs committed upon the Saints in the state of Missouri and punish the crimes committed by her officers that in a few years the government will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so much as a potsherd left . . .
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Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself.
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Repentance is a thing that cannot be trifled with every day. Daily transgression and daily repentance is not that which is pleasing in the sight of God.
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By their complying with your request to leave they [the Saints in Clay County] are surrendering some of the dearest rights guaranteed in the Constitution of our country and that human nature can be driven to a certain extent when it will yield no further.
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The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.
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