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'''Secession''' is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the classical liberal understanding of political order, as elucidated by [[Ludwig von Mises]] in [http://mises.org/nsande.asp Nation, State, and Economy] 1919): "No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want." | '''Secession''' is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the classical liberal understanding of political order, as elucidated by [[Ludwig von Mises]] in [http://mises.org/nsande.asp Nation, State, and Economy] (1919): "No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want." | ||
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Secession is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the classical liberal understanding of political order, as elucidated by Ludwig von Mises in Nation, State, and Economy (1919): "No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want."