To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.
The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.
We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.
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 book.
Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.
God hath not revealed anything to Joseph, but what he will make known unto the Twelve, and even the least Saint may know all things as fast as he is able to bear them.
The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.
I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration, and I'll tell you what the answer is. The answer is that when the television cameras turn off and the spotlight moves to something else, there are a host of interest groups and advocacy groups who work very, very hard to make it difficult to enforce these rules. I'm not commenting adversely on their motivation, but I can tell you the effect of all of this is to wear down the ability of an agency to enforce the law.
I'm not lazy on set. I'm lazy in the rest of my life.
There's no doubt that he's the biggest sports star in the world now. (on David Beckham)
As ability goes, so goes our fortune.