Quotes by Jefferson Davis

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

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

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

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.

All we ask is to be let alone.