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.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.

The Republic of Texas is no more.

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.