Texas Presidents--Who Said it?

Who said it?
“We must maintain peace with our Indian Neighbors.”

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Who said it?
“The only way to ensure our empire succeeds is to defeat our enemies”

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Who said it?
“Indians are inferior and have no right to any land in Texas.”

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Who said it?
“In order for our empire to succeed, money must be spent on building a strong military.”

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Who said it?
“We are too far in debt to do anything but reduce costs.”

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Who Said it
4. “The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.”

• Lamar 
• Houston 

Who Said It
"I have considered annexation on favorable terms as the most secure and advantageous measure for Texas"

• Houston 
• Lamar 

Who Said It 
“I was, in the early stages of our Revolution, opposed to the Annexation of Texas to the United States… I desired to see Texas become, what her internal resources required – a great agricultural community, with an open commerce with all the world.”

• Houston 
• Lamar 

—Began a system of public education in Texas

• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau Lamar

Issues with Mexico included 

• Spain helping Texas establish their nation
• Mexico is angry because they lost the war 
• Mexico does not recognize Texas as an independent  country 
• Santa Anna decided to leave Texas alone