Date: 18 June 1844 Source: William Clayton Diary, as quoted in The Words of Joseph Smith page 384 About this Quote This is one of the last known public discourses of Joseph Smith. He would die at the hands of a mob a little more than a week after this, on June 27, 1844. Tensions…
Date: 5 December 1839 Source: Joseph Smith Papers, a letter to Hyrum Smith and the Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council More About this Quote This quote was taken from a letter signed by Joseph Smith and Elias Higbee. In parts of the letter, Joseph Smith is spoken of in the third person, so technically, these could…
Date: 13 April 1843 Source: Joseph Smith Diary by Willard Richards The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 191 Why I picked this quote? The subject of what criteria we should use to select our elected officials has been on my mind lately. In my research, this quote from Joseph Smith came up, as did D&C 98:10. “Wherefore,…
Date: 6 August 1843 Source: Joseph Smith Diary by Willard Richards The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 236
Date: 9 July 1843 Source: Joseph Smith Diary by Willard Richards The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 229 Why I picked this Quote? Like Joseph Smith, I love liberty, both religious freedom and civil liberty. A major tenet of the Mormon religion is agency, or in other words that God has given us the ability to…