"I defy all the world to produce a greater work than the Book of Mormon."

"And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren.…"

"I am a friend to all good men."

"It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty that we have a right to expect to see God, and that he will converse with us as one man converses with another."

"I am tired of the traditions of men, and the doctrines of devils."