« All Own Convictions Quotes · Jefferson Davis's Page

Own Convictions Quotes by Jefferson Davis

1 Own Convictions quote by Jefferson Davis

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…

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 Own Convictions Quotes

Popular Own Convictions quotes from across the collection:

My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's… — Jefferson Davis
People will judge you according to your own convictions. — Dexter Scott King
The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. — James A. Garfield
Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They… — Swami Vivekananda
It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice. — Epictetus
I have always thought that librarians are a little bit like doctors, travel agents and professors all rolled into one. We all… — Dorothea Benton Frank
Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is really no practical help that one can offer; it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own convictions, or working… — Truman Capote
It's your life - but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on… — William V. Shannon

See all Own Convictions Quotes »

Browse Jefferson Davis Quotes by Category