Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be subverted, and… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go that the… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is not his… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
