Secession Quotes

“We are fighting for our liberty, for our own government, and for the right to manage our own affairs.”

“The State of Georgia was a sovereign State. She had the right to secede from the Union.”

“All we ask is to be let alone.”

“The destiny of the slave-holding States of this Union is one and the same.”

“Rise, then, and drive out ignominiously the invaders who have dared to desecrate the soil which your labors have made fruitful, and which is consecrated by your homes.”

“Let us depart in peace.”

“The cause of the South is the cause of my country, the cause of the Constitution, the cause of civil liberty.”

“I am a Georgian and a Southerner; if I had to choose between my State and the Union, I should choose my State.”

“Go home, then, and take a rope and hang yourself.”

“It would be an empire city, sending its free ships to the free ports of the world, with nominal duties, and thus, weaving a web of commerce and influence that would enrich, empower, and adorn our magnificent island.”