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
acted buried fearless rather regret
I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried that to be hypocritically immortalized.
independence liberty throughout time
Pop, pop, pop! Bom, bom, bom!/ Throughout the day/ no time for memorandums now./ Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.
elected man puppy rather
I would rather be beaton and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
money giving charity
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
names judgement bows
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.
integrity military
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
party hands cuffs
Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.
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.
party fall gourds
The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
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