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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. I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-must-not-permit-our-respect-for-the-dead-or-our-sympathy-for-the-2/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

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## More by Davy Crockett

> [You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/you-may-all-go-to-hell-and-i-will-go-to-texas/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good, honest vote, and one that I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/i-voted-against-this-indian-bill-and-my-conscience-yet-tells-me-that/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [No man who has not tried it can imagine what dreadful hard work it is to listen. Splitting gum logs in the dog days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/no-man-who-has-not-tried-it-can-imagine-what-dreadful-hard-work-it-is/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and an education for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/i-want-people-to-be-able-to-get-what-they-need-to-live-enough-food-a/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/you-can-all-go-to-heck-i-will-go-to-texas/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/sorrow-it-is-said-will-make-even-an-oyster-feel-poetical-i-never/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/i-would-rather-be-politically-dead-than-hypocritically-immortalized/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [You can go to hell -- I'm going to Texas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/you-can-go-to-hell-i-m-going-to-texas/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [“Know your right, then go ahead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/know-your-right-then-go-ahead/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-have-the-right-as-individuals-to-give-away-as-much-of-our-own/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical sense, but they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/it-is-quite-possible-that-someone-is-insane-and-they-think-they-have/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-must-not-permit-our-respect-for-the-dead-or-our-sympathy-for-the/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/we-must-not-permit-our-respect-for-the-dead-or-our-sympathy-for-the-2/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [I now say that the oldest man living never heard of the president of a great nation to come down to open electioneering for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/i-now-say-that-the-oldest-man-living-never-heard-of-the-president-of/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

> [I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/i-gave-my-decisions-on-the-principles-of-common-justice-and-honesty/)

[Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/)

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