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> [God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/god-forbid-that-the-day-should-ever-come-when-to-be-true-to-my/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [A government, to afford the needful protection and exercise proper care for the welfare of a people, must have homogeneity in its constituents. It is this necessity which has divided the human race into separate nations, and finally has defeated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/a-government-to-afford-the-needful-protection-and-exercise-proper/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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## More by Jefferson Davis

> [Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/butler-is-branded-a-felon-an-outlaw-an-enemy-of-mankind-and-so/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [Whether by the House or by the People, if an Abolitionist be chosen President of the United States, you will have presented to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/whether-by-the-house-or-by-the-people-if-an-abolitionist-be-chosen/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/without-doing-injustice-to-the-living-it-may-safely-be-asserted-that/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [The Slave must be made fit for his freedom by education and discipline, and thus made unfit for slavery. And as soon as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/the-slave-must-be-made-fit-for-his-freedom-by-education-and/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and fight our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/this-war-must-go-on-till-the-last-of-this-generation-falls-in-his/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [I will admit no bond that holds me to a party a day longer than I agree to its principles. When men meet together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/i-will-admit-no-bond-that-holds-me-to-a-party-a-day-longer-than-i/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/how-idle-is-this-prating-about-natural-rights-as-though-still/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/to-increase-the-power-develop-the-resources-and-promote-the-happiness/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/our-armies-were-in-as-much-chaos-in-victory-as-theirs-in-defeat/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [The authors of all our misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/the-authors-of-all-our-misfortune/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/god-forbid-that-the-day-should-ever-come-when-to-be-true-to-my/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of its political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/for-an-enemy-so-relentless-in-the-war-for-our-subjugation-we-could/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/governments-rest-on-the-consent-of-the-governed-and-that-it-is-the/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/my-own-convictions-as-to-negro-slavery-are-strong-it-has-its-evils/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

> [Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/neither-current-events-nor-history-show-that-the-majority-rule-or/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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