Acquired Quote by Robert Toombs

“In the White House now was James Polk, a Democrat, an expansionist, who, on the night of his inauguration, confided to his Secretary of…

— Howard Zinn

“that time Mr. Trist handed in his ultimatum. Texas was to be given up absolutely by Mexico, and New Mexico and California ceded to…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“Mexico surrendered. There were calls among Americans to take all of Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed February 1848, just took half. The…

— Howard Zinn

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

— Jefferson Davis

Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Texas is made for trade.

— Kevin Brady

I didn't know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in…

— Philipp Meyer

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come…

— Abraham Lincoln

At first, I felt bad judging an entire state by one county political official, but then I found out Morrison had also helped screen…

— Gail Collins

“I like Texas and Texans. In Texas, everything is bigger. When Texans win, they win big. And when they lose, it's spectacular. If you…

— Robert Kiyosaki

“[The Mexican war made three presidential candidates, Scott, Taylor and Pierce—and any number of aspirants for that high office. It made also governors of…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“The dismemberment began in Texas, called Tejas back then. There, slavery had been outlawed. Sam Houston led the invasion that reestablished it. Houston and…

— Eduardo Galeano