“One Mormon raised the question with his spouse, who minched no words in replying, 'All right Jody - you get another wife and I'll get another husband!'” WifeHusbandRaisedSpousePolygamyReplying Book:The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-Day Saints Source: The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-Day Saints
“Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your husbands, after I have set you free, you must bow down to it, and submit yourselves to the celestial law. You may go where you please, after two weeks from tomorrow; but, remember, that I will not hear any more of this whining.” IfsMayTwoRememberLawWeekTomorrowPleaseHusbandBowsSubmitTwo WeeksCelestialPolygamyYour HusbandWhining Author:Brigham Young
“A few years ago one of my wives, when talking about wives leaving their husbands said, 'I wish my husband's wives would leave him, every soul of them except myself.' That is the way they all feel, more or less, at times, both old and young.” WayFeelsYearsSaidSoulYoungWishTalkingWifeHusbandYears AgoLeavingMy WifeMy HusbandPolygamy Author:Brigham Young
“Do you think that I am an old man? I could prove to this congregation that I am young; for I could find more girls who would choose me for a husband than can carry any of the young men.” ThinkingMenYoungGirlHusbandProveYoung ManOld ManCongregationPolygamyChoose Me Author:Brigham Young
“I know also another man who married a widow with several children; and when one of the girls had grown into her teens he insisted on marrying her also, having first by some means won her affections. The mother, however, was much opposed to this marriage, and finally gave up her husband entirely to her daughter; and to this very day the daughter bears children to her stepfather, living as wife in the same house with her mother!” KnowsMenFirstsMeanChildrenMotherGirlHouseWifeBearsHusbandMarriedDaughterAffectionTeensAnother ManGave UpWidowsMarryingPolygamyStepfathersMarrying Her Author:T. B. H. Stenhouse
“The Second Way in which a wife can be separated from her husband, while he continues to be faithful to his God and his priesthood, I have not revealed, except to a few persons in this Church; and a few have received it from Joseph the prophet as well as myself. If a woman can find a man holding the keys of the priesthood with higher power and authority than her husband, and he is disposed to take her he can do so, otherwise she has got to remain where she is... there is no need for a bill of divorcement... To recapitulate.” IfsMenWayNeedsWellsPersonsCan DoChurchWifeKeysHigherHusbandAuthorityBillsFaithfulProphetPriesthoodPolygamyBeing FaithfulHigher Power Author:Brigham Young
“In 1835 at Kirtland I learned from my Sisters Husband Lyman R. Shirman, who was close to the Prophet and Received it from him. That the ancient order of plural marriage was again to be practiced by the Church.” OrderChurchHusbandAncientProphetMy SisterPolygamy Author:Benjamin F. Johnson
“O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord.” IfsHeartKindLittlesSeemsPoorLordHusbandBurdenMy HusbandSensationsIndifferentOnly LovePolygamyHeart Ache Author:Emmeline B. Wells
“The Prophet had made dishonorable proposals to my wife... under cover of his asserted 'Revelation.'... Smith told his wife Jane the Lord had commanded that he should take plural wives, to add to his glory... Joseph asked her to give him half her love; she was at liberty to keep the other half for her husband.” GivingShouldMadeHalfLibertyLordWifeHusbandGloryAddMy WifeProphetRevelationsJaneProposalOther HalfPolygamyDishonorable Author:William Law
“The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.” WorldWorstHusbandAbsolutesCodeEgyptPolygamyAbsolute PowerArab World Author:Nawal El Saadawi