Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Permissions To Quote
• 1832: “I am about to enter Texas.”
• 1833: “I may make Texas my abiding place.”
• 1834: “The course that I may pursue … shall be for the true interests of Texas.”
• 1835: “Our actions are to become a part of the history of mankind.”
• 1836: “It will be fame enough to say, ‘I was a member of the Army of San Jacinto’.”
• 1837: “Texas … will not escape the eye of statesmen.”
• 1838: “My career … I am aware … must pass … the scrutiny of after time.”
• 1839: “I might have been happy … had I not known the full extent of Lamar’s stupidity.”
• 1840: “There is rottenness at the core!”
• 1841: “Our motto ought to be, ‘Fewer officers, and more cornfields’.”
• 1842: “Fools only pursue phantoms & children will chase butterflies.”
• 1843: “That my motives should be understood was not to be expected.”
• 1844: “If we remain an independent nation, our territory will be extensive-unlimited.”
• 1845: “The great object of Texian statesmen has been achieved.”
• 1846: “The Sabine may be connected with the Rio Grande.”
• 1847: “This was placed before the eyes of Texas.”
• 1848: “We marked out our boundary by our life’s blood.”
• 1849: “Mad fanaticism at the north, and mad ambition at the south … provoke assaults upon me.”
• 1850: “For a nation divided against itself cannot stand.”
• 1851: “Centralism is the danger against which the States have to guard.”
• 1852: “Insist upon the right of the South to the nominee, be who he may.”
• 1853: “Texas must now decide … to be a mere cow pen and sheep ranch, or a great Empire State.”
• 1854: “The most unpopular vote I ever gave, … the wisest and most patriotic.”
• 1855: “The South … only asks what the North demands-Let us alone.”
• 1856: “The times are out of joint.”
• 1857: “They make the issue as they declare ‘Houston, and anti-Houston’.”
• 1858: “There is no dissension in my party … I am a unit.”
• 1859: “You never hear me talk of ‘southern rights’…. All the States have equal rights.”
• 1860: “I saw the storm gathering … and strove to arrest it.”
• 1861: “The severest pang is that the blow comes in the name of the State of Texas.”
• 1862: “Remote as I am from all the bustle … enough reaches me to disquiet my heart.”
• 1863: “Texas may cast me off, but … I shall leave my blessings on her.”
• Notes to Captions for Illustrations
• Sources
  • Manuscripts
  • Published Materials
  • Interviews
• Index

About the Author

Sue Flanagan (1926–1993) was an author, photographer, and journalist.