# Joseph Smith on Friendship — Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”

> Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”

— Joseph Smith


Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.

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