"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
"Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place."
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Source: Brigham Young's remarks in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City (January 12, 1862), as quoted in Journal of Discourses by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Volume 9, p. 150), 1862.
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