Govern Wisely, And As Little As Possible

Bear In Mind...that All Histories From The Rock At Plymouth, And Jamestown To The Present Time, Have Been Made By White Men, And A Man Who Tells His Own Story, Is Always Right Until The Adversary's Tale Is Told.

I Preferred Measuring Deer Tracks To Tape - That I Liked The Wild Liberty Of The Red Men Better Then The Tyranny Of My Brothers.

A Victim Of The Use Of Water As A Beverage.

Let Me Tell You What Is Coming.... Your Fathers And Husbands, Your Sons And Brothers, Will Be Herded At The Point Of The Bayonet... You May, After The Sacrifice Of Countless Millions Of Treasure And Of Thousands Of Lives, As A Bare Possibility, Win Southern Independence...but I Doubt It.

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.