Secession Quotes

25 quotes by 22 authors

Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it… — Walt Whitman
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. — Abraham Lincoln
So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the… — Charles Dickens
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic… — Charley Reese
Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct. — Larry Wilmore
Secession withdraws the State out of the reach of the usurped powers — Abel P. Upshur
Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time… — Jefferson Davis
The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of secession.… — Ammon Hennacy
Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.â€¦ The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By daily… — Ammon Hennacy
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. — Belle Boyd
Some non-communist parties and CPPCC members have, at CPPCC meetings or in their proposals, called for the enactment of a law against secession at the… — Jia Qinglin
All the blood shed as a result of secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief. — LeRoy Pope Walker
As we are now engaged in this contest, all my wishes, all my desires and all the energies of my hand and heart will be… — Jubal Early
...secession, like any other REVOLUTIONARY ACT, may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the… — Andrew Jackson
The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic,… — Kirkpatrick Sale
Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession. — Ron Paul
What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America… — L. Neil Smith
It's absurd to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia,. — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is no… — Gail Collins
What happened in Pakistan was that people were told: You're all Muslim, so now you're a country. As we saw in 1971 with the Bangladesh… — Salman Rushdie

Who Wrote These Secession Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 25 Secession Quotes as follows: