It is our duty to keep the memory of our heroes green. Yet they belong to the whole country; they belong to America.
Jefferson DavisGod forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.
Jefferson DavisA question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.
Jefferson DavisSecession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a Sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever.
Jefferson Davis