Civil war Quote by Andrew Jackson

Up until the late unpleasantness of the Civil war, then, the right of secession was more or less taken for granted in many quarters,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a…

— Jefferson Davis

If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.

— Joseph Story

Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession.

— Ron Paul

It is wrong to take away all the rights granted by the Constitution after the hard-fought Independence. It is a betrayal of the fighters…

— M. K. Stalin

I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as…

— Lord Acton

No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of…

— Abraham Lincoln

If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.

— Walter E. Williams

“The Confederate States of America in 1861 was legally an independent government. The Southern states seceded by popular conventions of the people of each…

— Brion T. McClanahan

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

— Larry Wilmore

“the Southern States rebelled against the usurpation of their rights under the Constitution as sovereign states. It’s critical to remember that, until that time,…

— Joseph Befumo

The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

— Erwin Griswold