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Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

~Andrew Jackson

Topics: Affection Arising Burdens Confederacy Enterprise Every Gives Happy Increased Individual Members Motives New Our Patriotic Power Public Support Taxation

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In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.

~Chesty Puller

Topics: Alone Army Confederacy Confederate Courage Four Judged Live Made Officer Possible Stark Years

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I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy.

~Corey Reynolds

Topics: Born Capital Confederacy Raised Virginia I Was Born

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Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves.

~Corrine Brown

Topics: African Blood Confederacy Fight Give Large Large Part Life Made Part Possible Ready Slaves Southern States Sweat Tears Through Up Way Were Which

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As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost Cause' emphasis on the Confederacy. I used to play Civil War soldiers with my brothers as a child, and my older brother always insisted that he got to be Lee, and I got be Grant. I never knew that Grant won until quite some time had passed.

~Drew Gilpin Faust

Topics: Always Brother Brothers Cause Celebration Child Civil Civil War Confederacy Emphasis Era Got Grant Growing Growing Up Had He Insisted Kid Knew Lee Lost Lot Never Older Older Brother Passed Play Quite Quite Some Time Soldiers Some Time Until Up Used War Won

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From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.

~Emmeline Pankhurst

Topics: Accustomed Although American Been Both British Civil Civil War Con Confederacy Decided Discussions Divided England Finally Government Had Hear Infancy Opinion Pro Public Public Opinion Questions Recognise Secession Sharply Slavery War

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The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

~Franklin Pierce

Topics: Concentration Confederacy Dangers Disregarded General Government Obvious Ours Power Too Vast

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