All Jefferson Davis Quotes
- At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution. American
- Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but the chain they… Agency
- The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise. Aspiration
- The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder… All
- African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing. African
- If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its existence.… Action
- 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 God's… Abuse
- The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as to all internal… Abuse
- Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people . Cannot Long
- Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time… Agent
- Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in that cradle. Peace… Appeal
- Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever… Abolish
- Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southern man apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance. Our cause was so… All
- Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly… All
- Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again. Crushed
- The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain. Alamo
- The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form. Another Form
- The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena. Arena
- Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands. Ask
- Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together. Half
- A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever. Disregard
- Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable. Beyond
- Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in command… Branded
- A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible. Been
- Pray excuse me. I cannot take it. Cannot Take