Our situation illustrates the American idea that governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Whether by the House or by the People, if an Abolitionist be chosen President of the United States, you will have presented to you… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
The Slave must be made fit for his freedom by education and discipline, and thus made unfit for slavery. And as soon as he… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and fight our… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I will admit no bond that holds me to a party a day longer than I agree to its principles. When men meet together… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited. — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union. — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of its political… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
