Jefferson Davis

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

God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.

It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.