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Secession withdraws the State out of the reach of the usurped powers
Abel P. Upshur / United States Secretary Of State
Secession
States
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It's absurd to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia,.
Slobodan Milosević / Former President Of Serbia
Absurd
Croatia
Secession
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All the blood shed as a result of secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief.
Leroy Pope Walker /
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Results
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As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.
Belle Boyd / Actress
Long
Purpose
Secession
Boldly
Mr
Lincoln
Served
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Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.
Larry Wilmore / Producer
Causes
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Slavery
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The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
Belle Boyd / Actress
Certain
Consequence
Election
Secession
Southern
States
Teamwork
Aggregate
Mr
Individually
Lincoln
Southern States
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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.
Gail Collins / Journalist
Secession
Surprise
Ingrained
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The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity.
Yemi Osinbajo /
Diversity
Fall
Lure
Nations
Secession
Successful
Thick
Unity
Forge
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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 in the 1770s and 1780s.
L. Neil Smith / Author
Independence
War
America
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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 secession, the answer to that was: 'Oh no, we're not.'
Salman Rushdie / Novelist
Bangladesh
Country
Pakistan
People
Secession
Oh
Saw
Muslim
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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
John Sergeant Wise / Author
Government
Patriotism
Federal Government
Formation
Secession
Virginia
Years
Federal
Hour
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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.
Stephen Kinzer / Author
Afghan
Secession
Encouraged
Intellectuals
Tribal
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I generally support just about every secession attempt that comes along. If, in the future, there is that kind of a dispute in Ethereum, I'd definitely be quite happy to see Ethereum A go in one direction and Ethereum B go the other.
Vitalik Buterin /
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Support
Attempt
Definitely
Direction
Dispute
Ethereum
Generally
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From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.
Emmeline Pankhurst / Activist
Accustomed
British
British Government
Civil War
Decided
Divided
England
Infancy
Opinion
Public Opinion
Recognise
Secession
Although
Civil
Con
Confederacy
Discussions
Finally
Pro
Sharply
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I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.
Killer Mike / Hip-Hop Artist
Confederate
County
Heritage
License
Plates
Secession
Flag
Fly
Represents
Simple Reason
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If you persist in your purpose of secession, there will be war - a bloody and cruel war. Not only will the North fight, but she will also triumph. The experiment of secession will fail, and the South, in ruin and desolation, will bitterly repent the day when she attempted to overthrow a wise and beneficent government.
Ambrose Burnside / Former Governor Of Rhode Island
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Bloody
Desolation
Persist
Repent
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Triumph
War Government Fight
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Beneficent
Cruel
Experiment
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