I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all the States. A stab in the heart is worse then a cut in a limb, for this may be healed.
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Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.Sam Houston
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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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.
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