We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

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 sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .

Jefferson Davis

Not mine, oh, Lord, but thine.

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

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

Jefferson Davis

Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar.

Jefferson Davis

All we ask is to be let alone.

Jefferson Davis

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

Jefferson Davis

A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence.

Jefferson Davis

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

Jefferson Davis

A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.

Jefferson Davis