--- title: "1 Government Ceased Quotes By Sam Houston" description: "1 Government Ceased quotes by Sam Houston. Plus more from Sam Houston and more Government Ceased sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg" --- > [When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression ... it is a ... sacred obligation to their posterity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect-the-lives-liberty-and/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg) ## More by Sam Houston > [I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/i-would-give-no-thought-of-what-the-world-might-say-of-me-if-i-could/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/for-texas-a-wise-and-prudent-administration-in-the-commencement-of/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/the-benefits-of-education-and-of-useful-knowledge-generally-diffused/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Union can achieve everything when sustained by gallant hearts and correct principles, while anarchy and insubordination must fail in the achievement of every thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/union-can-achieve-everything-when-sustained-by-gallant-hearts-and/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/a-leader-is-someone-who-helps-improve-the-lives-of-other-people-or/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/i-am-aware-that-in-presenting-myself-as-the-advocate-of-the-indians/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/he-has-all-the-characteristics-of-a-dog-except-loyalty/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Let me tell you what is coming… Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/let-me-tell-you-what-is-coming-your-fathers-and-husbands-your-sons/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/diversified-interests-must-exist-in-every-community-and-that-system/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/i-love-texas-too-well-to-bring-civil-strife-and-bloodshed-upon-her/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/texas-to-be-respected-must-be-polite-santa-anna-living-can-be-of/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Do right and risk the consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/do-right-and-risk-the-consequences/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/to-secede-from-the-union-and-set-up-another-government-would-cause/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/let-me-tell-you-what-is-coming-after-the-sacrifice-of-countless/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) > [I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/i-declare-that-civil-war-is-inevitable-and-is-near-at-hand-when-it/) [Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-ceased/sam-houston/#itemlist", "name": "1 Government Ceased Quotes By Sam Houston", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression ... it is a ... sacred obligation to their posterity to abolish such government, and create another in its stead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sam Houston" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect-the-lives-liberty-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes…” — Sam Houston", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-ceased/sam-houston/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-ceased/sam-houston/", "name": "Government Ceased Quotes by Sam Houston", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-ceased/sam-houston/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/sam-houston-13388_abolish_when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect_2329731.jpg" }, "description": "1 Government Ceased quotes by Sam Houston. 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