Quotes by Sam Houston

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

#Sam Houston

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

#Sam Houston

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

#Sam Houston

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

#Sam Houston

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

#Constitution

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

#Patriotism

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

#Reputation

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

#War

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

#War

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

#Study