"The troops of other states have their reputation……" — Jefferson Davis
"The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain."
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53 Quotes by Jefferson Davis
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At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.
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Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by…
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The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future…
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The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who…
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African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.
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If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on…
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My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God…
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The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains…
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Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by…
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Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are…
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Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a…
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Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or…
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More Alamo Quotes
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Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now,…
— Tony Kornheiser
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I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and…
— Ozzy Osbourne
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I will put my Butkus (Award) in storage. I will put my Alamo Bowl MVP trophy in storage. Jerseys, anything…
— LaVar Arrington
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I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other.…
— Bum Phillips
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Texas is dicktown. No basement in the alamo. I didnt capitalize that on purpose.
— CM Punk
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I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes…
— Stuart Pearce
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I never said I was at the Alamo. Someone else said I was at the Alamo. Now I'm a nutter.…
— Phil Collins
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I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got…
— Phil Collins
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There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events…
— Phil Collins
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Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy…
— Eliot Spitzer
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The story of the Alamo has touched many more people than one would think. So, I would like to pay…
— Phil Collins
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