“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, amazon.co.ukTagged: rights, Oath taking, Liberty, Freedom
“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 t…”— Sam Houston, amazon.co.ukTagged: Sacrifice, Union, War, Civil War
“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, amazon.co.ukTagged: Union, strength, Approval
“Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.”— Sam Houston, amazon.co.ukTagged: Slavery, War, Death, Price