I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone..

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

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at han….

I preferred measuring deer tracks to tape - that I liked the wild liberty of the Red men better then the tyranny of my brothers..

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government..

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under..

Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas.

Govern wisely, and as little as possible.

Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead Mexica….

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the ….

I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up and pulleth ….

Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern indepen….

Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision!.

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantag….

Bear in Mind...that all Histories from the Rock at Plymouth, and Jamestown to the present time, have been made by white men, and a man who tells his ….

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers ….

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and b….

He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty..

I humble myself before God, and there the list ends..

Do right and risk the consequences..

A victim of the use of water as a beverage..