Birth: June 14, 1801 Death: June 22, 1868
It is the duty of a woman to be obedient to her husband, and unless she is, I would not give a damn for all her queenly right and authority; nor for ….
Women are made to be led, and counseled, and directed....And if I am not a good man, I have no just right in this Church to a wife or wives, or the p….
You might as well deny 'Mormonism,' and turn away from it, as to oppose the plurality of wives..
There is a great deal of quarrelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second wife is against the first wife, perhaps, i….
The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; and this people cannot be ble….
If any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned…I wish more of our young men would take to th….
When we escape from this earth, do we suppose we are going to heaven? Do you suppose you are going to the earth that Adam came from? that Eloheim cam….
My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being..
"Do you not quarrel, brother Heber?" says one. No, I do not. But; when a woman begins to dispute me, about nine times out of ten I get up and say, "G….
Will you be slack, brethren, and let the evil come upon us, when we forewarn you of the future events that are coming;... We are telling of what the ….
Let me say to you, that many of you will see the time when you will have all the trouble, trial and persecution that you can stand, and plenty of opp….
I am perfectly satisfied that my Father and my god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured Being. Why? Because I am cheerful, pleasant, liv….
The time will come when we will be obliged to depend upon our own resources; for the time is not far distant when the curtain will be dropped between….
I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those who exercise an influence against it, u….
... In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his creatures, I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and a….
I think no more of taking another wife than I do of buying a cow..
It would be as easy for the United States to build a tower to remove the sun, as to remove polygamy, or the Church and Kingdom of God..
The principle of plurality of wives never will be done away..