tags:: #source/quote💬 tags:: #issue/freedom/religious people:: [[Joseph Smith]] ### Quote “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 other denomination; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the … 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 [that] inspires my soul—civil and religious liberty to the whole of the human race.” — [[Joseph Smith]] ^q1 ### Notes "History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]," p. 1666, The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed June 5, 2022, https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/36 [[To Heal the World -- Rasband April 2022]]