“[T]he man whom God calls to dictate the affairs in the building of his Zion has the right to dictate about everything connected with the building of his Zion, yes even to the ribbons the women wear; and any person who denies it is ignorant.”

Brigham Young – 3 February 1867, Journal of Discourses – Volume 11 (Liverpool, England: B. Young, Jr., 1867), 298.