Sam Houston Quotes (29 Quotes)


    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

    I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.

    I expect us to play hard and get better each week. We've got some guys injured who will not able to play (Friday), and that is a concern and an issue for us.

    If we are to merge our national existence in that of the United States then it seems to me that we should have something to say as to the terms of the union.

    The office market will continue to improve rapidly due to the continued strong employment in Austin. A very high percentage of companies in Austin are growing and adding additional staff, which will further reduce the office vacancy rate.


    It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was defective and I feel the inconvenience, if not the misfortune of not receiving a classical education. Knowledge is the

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

    Now my venerated friend, you will perceive that Texas is presented to the union as a bride adorned for her espousal. But, if, now so confident of the union, she should be rejected, her mortification would be indescribable. She has sought the United S

    Many of those dot-com tenants were not profitable, and ultimately their business was not sustainable.

    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 hand. We must now act or abandon all hope Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.

    This feeling has been impressed my heart by the instruction and example of the great man Andrew Jackson whom when I was a boy, I followed as a soldier.

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

    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 down nations will, the mercy preserve and unite us. For a Nation divided against itself cannot stand.

    I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies,

    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 bloodshed upon her.

    Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

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

    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 Mexican.

    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.

    He was sitting in the police station, all disoriented because of the infection and we went up there and got him. After we got him, we drove him down to Texas to his sister's house because he didn't want to see a doctor here. That was a 20-hour trip, 10 ho

    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 advantages.

    All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

    Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.

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

    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.

    There have been a number of firms in the 50,000- to 100,000-square-foot range that are seeking office space in the Loop 360 corridor, and the largest block of (existing) space in Southwest Austin is 40,000 square feet.

    Every day is a new experience for us right now, but at least we've got a place to stay. You've just got to sit back and laugh about things and take it all in stride. As long as you wake up the next morning, it was a good day.

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

    I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and York


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