Belle Boyd Quotes & Sayings

“If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.”

“The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.”

“As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.”

“There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots and counter-plots. Others that are who, more chivalrous, are willing to admit that women have as much right to act, think, and speak as men.”

“A true woman always loves a real soldier.”

“My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled all Europe and filled her inhabitants with horror - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.”

“Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.”

“Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.”

“I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.”

“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!”