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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
— Sam Houston
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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
Tags: stand, i-am, alone, myself
Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.
— Sam Houston
Tags: oppression, learn, may, come, texas
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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