“If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die
for a Mormon, I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die
in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any
denomination; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the
Latter-day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of
any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves.
It is a love of liberty which inspires my soul — civil and religious liberty to
the whole of the human race.” – Joseph Smith, 1843
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