"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!"

"I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other…"

"The standard of truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing."

"I will not be bought, nor sold, nor flattered, nor threatened."

"I calculated to be one of the instruments of setting up the kingdom of Daniel, by establishing a theocracy."