The Devil Has No Power Over Us

I Have More To Boast Of Than Ever Any Man Had. I Am The Only Man That Has Ever Been Able To Keep A Whole Church Together Since The Days Of Adam. A Large Majority Of The Whole Have Stood By Me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, Nor Jesus Ever Did It. I Boast That No Man Ever Did Such A Work As I. The Followers Of Jesus Ran Away From Him; But The Latter-day Saints Never Ran Away From Me Yet.

[w]e Shall Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing That We Have Acted Conscientiously, And Have Used Our Best Judgment. And If We Have To Throw Away Our Votes, We Had Better Do So Upon A Worthy Rather Than An Unworthy Individual Who Might Make Use Of The Weapon We Put In His Hand To Destroy Us.

We Ought At All Times To Be Very Careful That High-mindedness Shall Never Have Place In Our Hearts.

The Constitution Expects Every Man To Do His Duty; And When He Fails The Law Urges Him; Or Should He Do Too Much; The Same Master Rebukes Him.

It Is Said That Brother Joseph In His Lifetime Declared That The Elders Of This Church Should Step Forth At A Particular Time When The Constitution Should Be In Danger, And Rescue It, And Save It. This May Be So; But I Do Not Recollect That He Said Exactly So. I Believe He [joseph] Said Something Like This - That The Time Would Come When The Constitution And The Country Would Be In Danger Of An Overthrow; And Said He, If The Constitution Be Saved At All, It Will Be By The Elders Of This Church. I Believe This Is About The Language, As Nearly As I Can Recollect It.