The government that did not rule Texas at some point was Portugal.
The colonies that Portugal colonized in the Americas when they explored this territory were Brazil, Guanare, parts of Venzuela, and Uruguay. The Portuguese tried to colonized territories in Nova Scotia but were not successful. The North American territories were mostly colonized by English and French. Most of the Caribbean, South America, and Mexico was colonized by the Spaniards.
Kennedy believed we should understand that freedom begins with our right to think, and that we should protect this right against a government that would try to limit our thoughts for its own purposes