Quotes by Joseph E. Brown
“The State of Georgia was a sovereign State. She had the right to secede from the Union.”— Joseph E. Brown
“I entered the Confederate service for the purpose of defending the rights of the States.”— Joseph E. Brown
“The federal government has no right to interfere with the domestic institutions of the states.”— Joseph E. Brown
“The sovereign people of a state, have a right to do any act, not prohibited by the constitution of the state, or of the United States.”— Joseph E. Brown