Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, March 28, 2014 – Sam Houston
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, March 28, 2014 – Sam Houston
“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.”
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“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.”
And
“A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.”
And
“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.”
And
“The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.”
And
“When Houston arrived at the Hermitage just hours after Jackson’s death he took his son Sam Houston Jr. into Jackson’s room and said “Always remember my son that you looked upon the face of Andrew Jackson.””
And
“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.”
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“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.”
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“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 Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration.”
And
When Houston was challenged to a duel by David Burrnett who was five foot one, Houston, who was well over six feet, said that “he did not fight downhill.”
And
“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.”
Wikipedia: Sam Houston
