I Would Rather Be Politically Dead Than

We Must Not Permit Our Respect For The Dead Or Our Sympathy For The Living To Lead Us Into An Act Of Injustice To The Balance Of The Living.

I Must Say As To What I Have Seen Of Texas It Is The Garden Spot Of The World. The Best Land And The Best Prospects For Health I Ever Saw, And I Do Believe It Is A Fortune To Any Man To Come Here. There Is A World Of Country Here To Settle.

A Bulger Of A Place It Is. The Number Of The Ships Beat Me All Hollow, And Looked For All The World Like A Big Clearing In The West, With The Dead Trees All Standing.

Throughout The Day No Time For Memorandums Now. Go Ahead! Liberty And Independence Forever.

Most Of Authors Seek Fame, But I Seek For Justice - A Holier Impulse Than Ever Entered Into The Ambitious Struggles Of The Votaries Of That Fickle, Flirting Goddess.