« All Musket Quotes · Jefferson Davis's Page

Musket Quotes by Jefferson Davis

1 Musket quote by 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 battle,…

More Quotes by Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis has 56 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.
Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but…
The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of…
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her…
African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.
If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent…
My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's…
The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as…
Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous…
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There…
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in…
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them…

See all 56 quotes by Jefferson Davis »

More Musket Quotes

Popular Musket quotes from across the collection:

Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution. — John Boehner
Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in… — Anthony Mary Claret
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of… — Patrick Henry
Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and… — Frederick Douglass
I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or… — John Gibson Paton
I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I… — Unknown Author
I knew I should have cleaned that musket! — Unknown Author
Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it… — Winfield Scott Hancock
If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go… — Frederick Douglass
Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep… — Joshua
A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt… — Charles Krauthammer
Could the peaceable principle of the Quakers be universally established, arms and the art of war would be wholly extirpated: But we… — Thomas Paine

See all Musket Quotes »

Browse Jefferson Davis Quotes by Category