Secessionist Movement Quotes

The principle [secession] itself is one of disintegration, and upon which no government can possibly endure

the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States.

The Confederate flag was the flag of the American South during the civil war. It was the flag of people who were fighting against their own government in an attempt to retain slavery. It was the flag of people who thought slavery was no problem, who thought slavery was a good thing.

Red was the blood of the siblings massacred in the North, black was for mourning them, green was for the prosperity Biafra would have, and, finally, the half of a yellow sun stood for the glorious future.

The heart and soul of the secession argument was slavery and race. Most white Southerners favored racial subordination, and they wanted to protect the status quo. They were concerned that the Lincoln administration would restrict slavery, and they were right

We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Confederate States.

Make common cause with the South and refuse to allow passage of Union troops through the city.

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

The argument is exhausted. All hope of relief in the Union through the agency of committees, congressional legislation or constitutional amendments, is extinguished. We are satisfied the honor, safety, and independence of the Southern people require the organization of a Southern confederacy.

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 surprise.

I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State.

From developments now being made in South Carolina, it is perfectly manifest that a party exists in that state seeking a dissolution of the Union.

Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that no leading tribal or political figure there has called for secession.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

The South will be forced to choose between abolition and secession.

I really like the city of Vienna. I like its art, its music and its architecture. In short, I like the culture that Vienna represents. What really captures me is the period around 1900 - the time of Freud, Schnitzler and Klimt. This is the period in which the modern view of mind was born.