"I have been in the midst of more wickedness and persecution than any man living."

"This church, being 'the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased.'"

"I have seen the face of God, and I have seen the face of the devil."

"I am a lover of the Constitution, and I believe in the principles of republicanism."

"I defy all the world to produce a greater work than the Book of Mormon."