There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business, the way people live.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives.

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.