Sam Houston: "Saya pernah menentang bank, - menentang perbaikan intern...

"Saya pernah menentang bank, - menentang perbaikan internal oleh pemerintah umum, - menentang distribusi tanah publik di antara negara-negara, - menentang mengambil kekuasaan dari tangan rakyat, - menentang monopoli khusus, - menentang untuk tarif protektif, - menentang pembangunan konstitusi latitudinal, - menentang agitasi dan perpecahan perbudakan. Ini adalah demokrasi saya. Tunjuk satu tindakan karier publik saya yang tidak sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip ini."

--- Sam Houston

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, - opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. This is my democracy. Point to a single act of my public career not in keeping with these principles.