Brigham Young
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"Brigham Young" was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of the Church (LDS Church)/President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first Governor of Utah/governor of the Utah Territory. Young also led the foundings of the precursors to the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.

Young had a variety of nicknames, among the most popular being "American Moses" (alternatively, the "Modern Moses" or the "Mormon Moses"), because, like the Bible/biblical figure, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, in an Emigration/exodus through a desert, to what they saw as a promised land. Young was dubbed by his followers the "Lion of the Lord" for his bold personality, and was also commonly called "Brother Brigham" by Latter-day Saints. Young was a Polygamy and the Latter Day Saint movement/polygamist and was involved in controversies regarding Black people and early Mormonism/black people and the Priesthood, the Utah War, and the Mountain Meadows massacre.

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It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.