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… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good, honest vote, and one that I believe… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
No man who has not tried it can imagine what dreadful hard work it is to listen. Splitting gum logs in the dog days… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and an education for their… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized. — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical sense, but they may… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
