George Q. Cannon Quotes

#1. If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.

George Q. Cannon

#2. Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place; they will do wrong or seem to, and your support be gone;

George Q. Cannon

#3. Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question ... How dare we do that which angels dare not do? Is it possible for us to argue that that which is forbidden in heaven is praiseworthy on earth?

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#4. I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

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#5. If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

George Q. Cannon

#6. These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer, and our God who created them, knows their sufferings, and will hold him who causes them to suffer unnecessarily to answer for it. It is a sin against their Creator.

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#7. Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness.

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#8. Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.

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#9. The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a woman.

George Q. Cannon

#10. If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

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#11. No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

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#12. If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the entire people.

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#13. It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome ... was a monogamic nation and the numerous evils attending that system early laid the foundation for that ruin which eventually overtook her.

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#14. The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of 'the light that shines from Zion's hill.

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#15. I feel like saying 'Damn the Law.'

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#16. Your children ... are like diamonds ... they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre.

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