And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.

The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.

No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.

Shall we not go on in such great a cause?

I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.

The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful tender... The legislature has ceded up to us the privilege of enacting such laws as are not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States... The different states, and even Congress itself, have passed many laws diametrically contrary to the Constitution of the United States.

Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism