Famous Quotes / Sam Houston
10 Quotations by Sam Houston
- 1. All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in fa ...
- 2. He has all the characteristics of a dog except loyalty.
- 3. I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this un ...
- 4. I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - o ...
- 5. I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the ...
- 6. I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or ...
- 7. I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much afte ...
- 8. It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to rece ...
- 9. Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant ...
- 10. The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essen ...