Jefferson Davis Quotes

All we ask is to be let alone.

The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and...

If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.

To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requi...

Garfield's assassination attempt made "the whole nation care".

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and b...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.