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Sam Houston Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: state, Texas, Texan, Men, Investment
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Instructions, Example, inspiration, Soldier, Follower
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Texas, Constitution, oath
“I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Advocate, Indian Rights, rights
“Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.”
— Sam Houston, Sam Houston
Tagged: Slavery, War, Death, Price
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Texas, Submission, Oppression, Source
“Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Policies, glory, nation
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Texas, Nations, Globe, Advantages
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Lady, Conduct, Man
“Fellow citizens, in the name of your rights and liberties, which I believe have been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath.”
— Sam Houston, Sam Houston
Tagged: rights, Oath taking, Liberty, Freedom
“Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary violence of abolitionists, or from the coalition of nullifiers, will never meet with my unqualified approval.”
— Sam Houston, Sam Houston
Tagged: Union, strength, Approval
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Union, Government, Civil War, War
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Sacrifice, Aggresion, Peace, Union
“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.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Battle, Fight, Hope, Freedom
“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 food of genius, and my son, let no opportunity escape you to treasure up knowledge.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Satisfaction, Education, Knowledge, Opprtunity
“I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heros of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Civil War, War, Patriotism, Courage
“No tyrant or usurper can ever invade our rights so long as we are united. Let Mr. Lincoln attempt it, and his party will scatter like chaff before the storm of popular indignation which will burst forth from one end of the country to the other. Secession or revolution will not be justified until legal and constitutional means of redress have been tried, and I can not believe that the time will ever come when these will prove inadequate.​”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: tyranny, rights, Union, Revolution
“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 wish, if this Union must be dissolved, that its ruins may be the monument of my grave, and the graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survive the ruin of this glorious Union.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Union, Preservation, Unity, nation
“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 if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, 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; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.”
— Sam Houston, Sam Houston
Tagged: Sacrifice, Union, War, Civil War
“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, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, — opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. This is my democracy. Point to a single act of my public career not in keeping with these principles.”
— Sam Houston
Tagged: Principle, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Democracy, Opinion
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