--- title: "1 Consent of the governed Quotes By Patrick Cleburne" description: "1 Consent of the governed quotes by Patrick Cleburne. Plus more from Patrick Cleburne and more Consent of the governed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/patrick-cleburne-73508_acknowledge_i-am-with-the-south-in-life-or-death-in_3032105.jpg" --- > [I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the Constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cleburne/i-am-with-the-south-in-life-or-death-in-victory-or-defeat-i-believe/) Patrick Cleburne [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/patrick-cleburne-73508_acknowledge_i-am-with-the-south-in-life-or-death-in_3032105.jpg) ## Other authors on Consent of the governed - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consent-of-the-governed/thomas-jefferson/) ## 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 ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consent-of-the-governed/patrick-cleburne/#itemlist", "name": "1 Consent of the governed Quotes By Patrick Cleburne", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. 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