I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret… — 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
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
I now say that the oldest man living never heard of the president of a great nation to come down to open electioneering for… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
![“I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.” quote by Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c1/davy-crockett-12646_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-beaten-and-be-a-man-th_2810662.jpg)
