"The
nobles of ancient Rome, in their latter days, loved their property
more than they loved freedom. In the end they had neither. We are
fortunate that 163 years ago early Texans valued freedom and honor
more than their lives. You guard and determine our future as surely
as those who stood on the walls of the Alamo. History does not happen
by chance. It happens because someone wills it to happen. Never again
ask when they will do something about education, crime, health care
and the important issues of our age. You are they."
-- Royal Masset