Jefferson Davis Quotes

"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
(Related: War, Blind, Day, Night, Years)

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

"Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule."
- Jefferson Davis
(Related: History, Events, Majority)

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