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title: "4 Fighting Slavery Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and…](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/)

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> [ More is spent in a single month \[in the U.S.\] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-sorvino/more-is-spent-in-a-single-month-in-the-u-s-fighting-the-war-on-drugs/)

[Mira Sorvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-sorvino/)

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> [I tried all in my power to avert this war. I saw it coming, for twelve years I worked night and day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/i-tried-all-in-my-power-to-avert-this-war-i-saw-it-coming-for-twelve/)

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

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> [The war...must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks...unless you acknowledge our right to self-government. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/the-war-must-go-on-till-the-last-man-of-this-generation-falls-in-his/)

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

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