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African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.
— Jefferson Davis
Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
— Jefferson Davis
The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.
— Jefferson Davis
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.
— Jefferson Davis
We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.
— Jefferson Davis
Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.
— Jefferson Davis
Garfield's assassination attempt made "the whole nation care".
— Jefferson Davis
Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctioned by its justice and sustained by a virtuous people.
— Jefferson Davis
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.
— Jefferson Davis
It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.
— Jefferson Davis
A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.
— Jefferson Davis
There are no descriptions, it is almost needless to say, of Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler, or for that matter, Jefferson Davis playing with kittens.
— Margaret Korda
A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.
— Jefferson Davis
Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.
— Jefferson Davis
The authors of all our misfortune.
— Jefferson Davis
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.
— Jefferson Davis
If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.
— Jefferson Davis
How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.
— Jefferson Davis
God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.
— Jefferson Davis
Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together.
— Jefferson Davis
Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.
— Jefferson Davis
Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar.
— Jefferson Davis
The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena.
— Jefferson Davis
At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.
— Jefferson Davis
A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence.
— Jefferson Davis
All we ask is to be let alone.
— Jefferson Davis
Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.
— Jefferson Davis
