Brigham Young Quote

I would rather that this people should starve to death in the mountains, than to have the Lord Almighty hand us over to a cursed, infernal mob. I would rather go down to the grave in peace than to fight a mob, unless the Lord would give me enough Saints to fight and kill the poor devils; in such case I wish to live and fight them. But I never want to see a mob again drive and tread under foot the Saints.

Journal of Discourses 3:224 (March 2, 1856) - Persecution

Journal of Discourses/Volume 3/The Necessity of the Saints Living up to the Light which has been Given Them