We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.

The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.

If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and 'Brethren, if I were to tell you all I know of the kingdom of God, I do know that you would rise up and kill me.

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.

I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States, or candidate for that office, if I and my friends could have had the privilege of enjoying our religious and civil rights as American citizens, even those rights which the Constitution guarantees unto all her citizens alike.

One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.