I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man..

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

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

Do right and risk the consequences..

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….

Govern wisely, and as little as possible.

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….

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

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

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 ….

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

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

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

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 ….

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

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

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….

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

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 ….

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