10 Quotes & Sayings By Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett was an American frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 10th congressional district. An accomplished outdoorsman and skilled woodsman, he is remembered as the "Father of American Crockett Hunting" and as a folk hero by most modern Americans. He is also an archetype for frontier masculinity and American heroism.

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Be always sure you're right then go ahead. Davy Crockett
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We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. Davy Crockett
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Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. Davy Crockett
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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. Davy Crockett
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Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever. Davy Crockett
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Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it! Davy Crockett
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I have always supported measures and principles and not men. Davy Crockett
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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. Davy Crockett
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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. Davy Crockett