Texas/history

Famous quotes containing the words texas and/or history:

    “The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key ... and bolt the door at once.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)