The Quote “God has given us a revelation in regard to celestial marriage. I did not make it… They would like us to tone it down, change it, and make it applicable to the notions of the day. This we cannot do; nor can we interfere with the commandments of God to meet the persuasions of men… We have to stand by our covenants… Living, we will proclaim them. Dying, we will be true to them.” — John Taylor, JoD 25:309-310 (October 6-7, 1884) ...
The Quote “Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of Heaven among men. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman Empire… Rome became combated by a barbarous and warlike people, who had been nourished in adultery from their infancy. They knew not their fathers, for they were the sons of a multitude who all ranged the forest, destitute of any order save in their predatory expeditions against their neighbours. They kidnapped their wives from the Sabine nation. Thus monogamy originated in crime, and has been sustained by crime… This monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a holy sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers.” — Brigham Young, JoD 9:322-323 (July 6, 1862) ...
The Quote “The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may even be permitted to come into the presence of the Father and the Son; but they cannot reign as kings in glory, because they had blessings offered unto them, and they refused to accept them.” — Brigham Young, JoD 11:269 (August 19, 1866) The Failed Prophecy “If we do not embrace that principle soon, the keys will be turned against us. If we do not keep the same law that our Heavenly Father has kept, we cannot go with him… I wish here to say to the Elders of Israel, and to all the members of this Church and kingdom, that it is in the hearts of many of them to wish that the doctrine of polygamy was not taught and practiced by us… It is the word of the Lord, and I wish to say to you, and all the world, that if you desire with all your hearts to obtain the blessings which Abraham obtained, you will be polygamists at least in your faith, or you will come short of enjoying the salvation and the glory which Abraham has obtained.” — Brigham Young, JoD 11:269 ...
The Quote “Looking at affairs as they naturally appear, it might be considered, and we might speak of it as vanity for any man to say, as Paul did, that this work shall never be given to another people, and that it shall stand forever… We have the strongest assurance that it is possible for a man to have that this work will stand forever, for we have it from God himself.” — George Q. Cannon, JoD 25:271 (August 31, 1884) ...