Davy Crockett quotes - page 2

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized. (Davy Crockett)
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles. View quote
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I also told them of the manner in which I had been knocked down and dragged out, and that I didn't consider it a fair fight any how they could fix it. I put the ingredients in the cup pretty strong I tell you, and I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas. View quote
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Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them. View quote
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I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man. View quote
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I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty. View quote
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Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead. View quote
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If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it? View quote
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I am no man's man. I bark at no man's bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the white house, no matter who he is. View quote
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The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man. View quote
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I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world. (Davy Crockett)
I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. View quote
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It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson, and follow him in all his motions, and windings, and turnings, even at the expense of my consciences and judgment. Such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles. View quote
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I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless. View quote
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I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas. View quote
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The whole book is my own, and every sentiment and sentence in it. View quote
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Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread, The fallen - despised - will again go ahead. View quote
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Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. View quote
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Be always sure you are right - then go ahead. View quote
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I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world. I can't tell why it is, nor in what it is to end. Go where I will, everybody seems anxious to get a peep at me ... There must therefore be something in me, or about me, that attracts attention, which is even mysterious to myself. View quote
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