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{{quote|Resolved . . . , That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas... New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution. |''The Annexation of Texas Joint Resolution of Congress March 1, 1845'' (U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 797-8)}}

{{quote|A Texan is a man who can't decide whether Texas has the biggest midgets in the world, or the smallest.|''old joke, predating WWII at least, possibly going back much further''}}

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