Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary violence of abolitionists, or from the coalition of nullifiers, will never meet with my unqualified approval.


As quoted in Sam Houston (2004), by James Haley, University of Oklahoma Press.

Sam Houston Quotes

Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary...

Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary...

Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary...

Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whether arising from the incendiary...