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==Joseph Smith (1843): "I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination"==
Joseph Smith, in 1843:
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The Saints can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for my brethren. If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a ‘Mormon.’ 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 Latter-day 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.” <ref>Joseph Smith, in 1843, ''History of the Church'', 5:498.</ref>
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[[Category:Letter to a CES Director]]
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[[es:Fuente:Joseph Smith:Historia de la Iglesia:1843:Estoy tan dispuesto a morir en la defensa de los derechos de un presbiteriano, un bautista, o un buen hombre de cualquier otra denominación]]
[[pt:Fonte:Joseph Smith:História da Igreja:1843:estou igualmente pronto para morrer em defesa dos direitos de um presbiteriano, um Batista, ou um homem bom de qualquer outra denominação]]