All 3 Uses of
secession
in
Atlas Shrugged
- There's talk of seceding from the Union.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- There were districts that rose in blind rebellion, arrested the local officials, expelled the agents of Washington, killed the tax collectors-then, announcing their secession from the country, went on to the final extreme of the very evil that had destroyed them, as if fighting murder with suicide: went on to seize all property within their reach, to declare community bondage of all to all, and to perish within a week, their meager loot consumed, in the bloody hatred of all for all, in…†
Chpt 3.7
- They've declared that they're seceding from the Union, but nobody knows who's now in power.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(secession) formal separation from an alliance or federation