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 independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.
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… - Sam Houston
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…
- Sam Houston
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. - Sam Houston
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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… - Sam Houston
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 has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. - Sam Houston
Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.
Govern wisely, and as little as possible - Sam Houston
Govern wisely, and as little as possible
He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty. - Sam Houston
He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.
Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision! - Sam Houston
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… - Sam Houston
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…
Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas - Sam Houston
Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas
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