Joseph Smith — "I am a man of truth, and I will speak the truth at all times."

"When all the rest of the children have received their blessings in the Holy Priesthood, then that curse will be removed from the seed of Cain, and they will then come up and possess the Priesthood, an…"

"If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I ask any lawyer, judge, or magistrate for them. I live above the law, and so do this people…"

"All spirits are pure that come from the presence of God."

"No man knows my history. I cannot tell it. I shall never tell it. I make no apologies for my life."

"I am a prophet of God, and I know it."