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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
— Sam Houston
Tags: army, discipline, experience, strength

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Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
— Sam Houston
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
— Sam Houston
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Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.
— Sam Houston
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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
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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.
— Sam Houston
Tags: lift, country, stand, will
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