Duff Green Quotes
The Union - It is dear to us, but liberty is dearer.
Ultranationalist Secret Organization. Unlike the Italian Black hand for whom it was named, the Serbs were not interested in money. The were a right wing death squad that assassinated all who opposed a single, unitary, Serbian nation. Dimitrijevic was executed in 1917.
For his seditious activities he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. He escaped and came to America where he entered politics
Compare John C. Calhoun's Liberty Dearer Than Union.
He persuaded many other rulers to join the Indian Union when India became Independent.
See Noah Webster and Timothy Pickering for similar positions. The War of 1812 was very unpopular with the New England states. They had the most developed trade with England and were economically injured by the curtailment of that trade. The citizens of Essex wanted to give the State Legislature the most possible moral and political power to negotiate an end to the war.
Duff Green was an American teacher, military leader, Democratic Party politician, journalist, author, diplomat, industrialist, and businessman.