Top 5 Alexander H. Stephens Quotes

#1. The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

Alexander H. Stephens

#2. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly.

Alexander H. Stephens

#3. Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards ... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.

Alexander H. Stephens

#4. Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery ... is his natural and normal condition.

Alexander H. Stephens

#5. Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.

Alexander H. Stephens

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