Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
David "Davy" Crockettwas a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth17 August 1786
CountryUnited States of America
texas hell go-to-hell
You can go to hell -- I'm going to Texas.
integrity
Make sure you're right, then go ahead.
honesty book men
I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me; for I had never read a page in a law book in all my life.
long chance states
Thare is no chance of hurrying bussiness here like in the legeslature of a State thare is such a desposition here to Show Eloquence that this will be a long Session and do no good...
party fall gourds
The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
moving fuel whiskey
Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.
change men nations
Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
forever independence liberty
Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.
long enemy complaining
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.
horse real men
If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth.
firsts remember
Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.
party hands liberty
I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me... Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.
cowboy texas
You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas
horse turtles ohio
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust [tree].