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title: "3 Confederate Quotes By Alexander H. Stephens"
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> [Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/its-foundations-are-laid-its-cornerstone-rests-upon-the-great-truth/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

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> [If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/if-centralism-is-ultimately-to-prevail-if-our-entire-system-of-free/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

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> [Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/our-new-government-is-founded-upon-exactly-the-opposite-idea-its/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

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## More by Alexander H. Stephens

> [Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/its-foundations-are-laid-its-cornerstone-rests-upon-the-great-truth/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/the-greatest-curse-that-can-befall-a-free-people-is-civil-war/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/away-with-the-idea-of-getting-independence-first-and-looking-for/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/davis-was-weak-and-vascillating-timid-petulant-peevish-obstinate-but/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be subverted, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/if-centralism-is-ultimately-to-prevail-if-our-entire-system-of-free/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/these-ceremonies-and-the-national-statuary-hall-will-teach-the-youth/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/our-new-government-is-founded-upon-exactly-the-opposite-idea-its/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

> [As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is not his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-h-stephens/as-a-race-the-african-is-inferior-to-the-white-man-subordination-to/)

[Alexander H. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-h-stephens/)

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