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I thought we were still talking about Davis's book? That's were I was looking for you favorite quotes from.

That is from Davis book. Him quoting Madison, if you want a quote from Davis himself my favorites are---"Sovereigns can't rebel". or perhaps "If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone, 'Died of a theory.'"

But, I guess Madison reasoning that the vote for the constitution was by state, and not the people as a whole goes unchallenged. But whom could challenge Madison?

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Him quoting Madison, if you want a quote from Davis himself my favorites are---"Sovereigns can't rebel". or perhaps "If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone, 'Died of a theory.'"

I think the whole book is kind of sad, really. Start to finish it's a man trying to justify his actions and blame everything on everyone else. But for pure humor you can't beat all the ways he comes up with to refer to the United States. My favorite is probably the one where he's talking about European powers siding with the Lincoln administration in the blockade of Southern ports, and refers to the U.S. as '...our former limited and special agent...' and in "These neutral nations treated our invasion by our former limited and special agent as though it were the attempt of a sovereign to suppress a rebellion against lawful authority." Well, duh. That's exactly what it was.