Jefferson Davis

All we ask is to be let alone.
Jefferson Davis

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
Jefferson Davis

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Jefferson Davis

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

Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
Jefferson Davis