Sam Houston

“Remember the Alamo, remember Goliad!”

“To secede from the Union and set up another government would be an act of suicide on the part of the State.”

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

“I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of 1776 will be found on both sides.”

“The great misfortune of the South is, the leaders have been in advance of the people.”

“Texas will again lift its 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.”

“I would not be conquered in battle, and I will not be conquered in peace.”

“Govern wisely, and as little as possible.”

“I am aware that in thus pursuing my own dictates, I shall enjoy the happiness of my own thoughts, and shall not be wounded by the shafts of censure.”

“I have been taught to believe that the highest duty of a citizen was to be true to the Constitution.”

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