“I answer, they are first-rate, and we will prove it too, as you will see if you only live long enough, for that we shall live to prove it is certain; and when the Constitution of the United States hangs, as it were, upon a single thread, they will have to call for the “Mormon” Elders to save it from utter destruction; and they will step forth and do it.”Brigham Young, February 18, 1855 · The Priesthood and Satan—The Constitution and Government of the United States—Rights and Policy of the Latter-Day Saints · JD 2:179-191