American civil war Quote by Jefferson Davis Download Open image “The authors of all our misfortune.” — Jefferson Davis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare American civil war Books Civil war History Misfortunes War
“Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble.” — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Moreover, people invariably take a greater interest in the suffering of others than in their well-being. Hence writers must constantly fight against the most… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.” — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself—but you just can’t help it.” — Joseph Frank Copy Share Image
“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers, nicer husbands,… — Nina George Copy Share Image
“No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.” — Virgil 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
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars;… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins of people's… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
