Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.

Quote by Sam Houston

Topics: Sam Houston Quotes

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the...

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the...

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do...

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will...

It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will...

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse...

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes...

I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes...

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you...

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor...

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor...

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their...

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their...

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression,...

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression,...

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor...

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor...

Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit...

Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit...

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men...

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men...