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The people of Texas… do hereby resolve and declare that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended.
— Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas is a land of legend.
— Attributed to Walter Prescott Webb
Texas is a place where people can come and build a better life.
— George W. Bush
Texas is a land that has lived in legend.
— Attributed to J. Frank Dobie
Texas is a world in itself.
— Attributed to Walter Prescott Webb
There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.
— Willie Nelson
Every Texan has a story.
— Attributed to Larry McMurtry
Every Texas story has a hero.
— Attributed to Elmer Kelton
Everything is bigger in Texas.
— Traditional Texas Saying
Freedom is the heritage of Texas.
— Attributed to Price Daniel
Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision.
— Sam Houston
Texans are tough.
— Attributed to Rick Perry
Texans never give up.
— Attributed to Bill Clements
The West begins in Texas.
— Attributed to Elmer Kelton
Texas is where the myth of America lives largest.
— Attributed to John Steinbeck
Texas is the frontier of the American imagination.
— Attributed to Walter Prescott Webb
Texas blues is raw and real.
— Attributed to Lightnin’ Hopkins
Texas crowds are like no other.
— Attributed to Stevie Ray Vaughan
In Texas, history is a living thing.
— Attributed to J. Frank Dobie
Texas law must serve Texas people.
— Attributed to Tom C. Clark
Texas has always led the way.
— Attributed to Mark White
Texas music stands on its own.
— Attributed to Willie Nelson
If a Texan’s Pride Is Injured, He Will Go to Any Length to Get It Back.
— John Steinbeck
Texas rises again and again.
— Attributed to Coke Stevenson
Texas taught me how to write songs.
— Attributed to Kris Kristofferson
Texas stands for freedom.
— Attributed to John Nance Garner
Texas stands tall.
— Attributed to Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson
Texas is a whole other country.
— John F. Kennedy
Texas is a place of myth and memory.
— Attributed to Larry McMurtry
Texans don’t like to be told what to do.
— Attributed to Molly Ivins
Texas music will always be about independence.
— Willie Nelson
Texas has always been larger than life.
— Attributed to Larry McMurtry
Texas endures.
— Attributed to Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas is a land of infinite variety.
— Elmer Kelton
Texas is about wide-open possibilities.
— Attributed to Lyle Lovett
Texans always come together.
— Attributed to George W. Bush
Texas is strong because its people are strong.
— Attributed to Rick Perry
You’re going to find out what you’re made of in West Texas.
— Attributed to Buddy Holly
The Rangers have always symbolized Texas.
— Attributed to Walter Prescott Webb
The spirit of Texas cannot be broken.
— Attributed to Miriam A. Ferguson
There’s no place like Texas.
— Attributed to George W. Bush
West Texas is in my blood.
— Attributed to Waylon Jennings
Texas is unique.
— Attributed to John Gunther
You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the girl.
— Attributed to Janis Joplin
Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas.
— John Steinbeck
Texas has always been a nation in its own mind.
— Attributed to Larry McMurtry
Texas is an obsession.
— Edna Ferber
Texans have always had a fierce sense of independence.
— Larry McMurtry
Texas can take care of itself.
— Attributed to Coke Stevenson
Texas is different.
— Attributed to Molly Ivins
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