Secession by the South was a reaction against Lincoln's high-tax policy. In 1861 the slave issue was not critical.


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Every day I went to work at Tampa, I gave it my all.
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the...
GAINES ADAMS
I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
GAINES ADAMS
Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get s...
GAINES ADAMS
Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since b...
GAINES ADAMS
I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fa...
GAINES ADAMS
You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
GAINES ADAMS
I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
GAINES ADAMS
It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and ...
GAINES ADAMS
Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high ex...
GAINES ADAMS
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there...
GERRY ADAMS
You always want to start fast because it gives you a great opportunity, ... Most importantly in Nove...
SAM ADAMS
We have a lot of great players but unless you come together as a team that doesn't matter. We've com...
SAM ADAMS
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all haz...
SAM ADAMS
He was the best schematics coach in the NIFL, ... As far as I'm concerned he can coach with the best...
SAM ADAMS
Arthur is free to use that word censorship if he wants. We are in the business of selling paintings ...
SAM ADAMS
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are redu...
SAM ADAMS
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all haz...
SAM ADAMS
We busted. We all know there's going to be changes ... lots of changes.
SAM ADAMS
He still looks the same to me as he did as a rookie.
SAM ADAMS
I feel the organization did what they felt was best. Playing in Buffalo was one of the greatest expe...
SAM ADAMS
Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks, ... We're excited about playi...
JOEY ADAMS
We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks. We're excited about playing t...
JOEY ADAMS
Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.'
JOEY ADAMS
If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.
JOEY ADAMS
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
JOEY ADAMS
Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.
JOEY ADAMS
People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.
JOEY ADAMS
A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. It protects the property without obstructing the view.
JOEY ADAMS
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions
JOEY ADAMS