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title: "2 Confederate Quotes By Patrick Cleburne"
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> [It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/it-is-said-slavery-is-all-we-are-fighting-for-and-if-we-give-it-up-we/)

Patrick Cleburne

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> [Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/surrender-means-that-the-history-of-this-heroic-struggle-will-be-2/)

Patrick Cleburne

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## More by Patrick Cleburne

> [It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/it-is-said-slavery-is-all-we-are-fighting-for-and-if-we-give-it-up-we/)

Patrick Cleburne

> [I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/i-am-with-the-south-in-life-or-death-in-victory-or-defeat-i-believe/)

Patrick Cleburne

> [Life has always been a small matter with me when duty points the way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/life-has-always-been-a-small-matter-with-me-when-duty-points-the-way/)

Patrick Cleburne

> [Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/surrender-means-that-the-history-of-this-heroic-struggle-will-be-2/)

Patrick Cleburne

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