"To populate is to govern" or something to that effect.
I need to know.
2006-08-13 09:48:17 · 4 answers · asked by LaSonder D 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
So who said this quote first: The Texans or the Argentines... both encouraged immigration to their countries pretty darn well, unlike Mexico.
2006-08-13 10:01:50 · update #1
"Any old Texican would recognize the axiom "to populate is to govern." This was the principle of the Texas Revolution in the 1830s, that by creating facts on the ground in Spanish-speaking Catholic north Mexico, they would in fact establish an Anglo-American, Protestant republic of their own."
2006-08-13 09:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a search on the web typing in 'To Govern is to populate' and it will give you several people who have used this slogan. Mainly leaders in S America who wished to encourage immigration into their countries by wealthy Europeans and Americans. Argentina and Mexico to name two
2006-08-13 09:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Wayne Lutton
2006-08-13 09:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by Darkwings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u only said tht in ur question
2006-08-14 04:55:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋