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When I was in Washington and in the library of the Capitol, I was asked if the “Mormons” would fight. I replied that the people that would have the energy to form a powerful State in the midst of a desert would have energy to defend it.
Prosperity of Zion, etc. Discourse delivered by Elder George A. Smith, 1861
in: Journal of Discourses delivered by President Brigham Young, his two counsellors, the twelve apostles, and others. Volume IX. 1862
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