State Upon Quotes
- 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
- I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon… — Stephen A. Douglas
- No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore… — Abraham Lincoln