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

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

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

[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.

We are friendly to our country, and when we speak of the flag of our Union, we love it, and we love the rights the Constitution guarantees to every citizen. What did the Prophet Joseph say? When the Constitution shall be tottering we shall be the people to save it from the hand of the foe.

The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.

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.