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

Quote by Sam Houston

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential...

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure