"It was expected of me that I was……" — Davy Crockett
"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."
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35 Quotes by Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett has 35 quotes on this site.
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Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
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It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical…
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You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas
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I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The…
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Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was…
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I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade…
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If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed…
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Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be…
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The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
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I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I…
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I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and…
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Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
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When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it…
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Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
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If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere…
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When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even…
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If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.
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There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The…
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The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it…
— Ben Crenshaw
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According to the Captain of The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, striking your opponent or caddie at St Andrews, Hoylake…
— Herbert Wind
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The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews -…
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