To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to death. It will take the flower of the country - the young men.
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.
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.
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…
Govern wisely, and as little as possible - Sam Houston
Govern wisely, and as little as possible
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!
He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty. - Sam Houston
He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.
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
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…
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