23 ordspråk av Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
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Be always sure you're right, then go ahead.
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But we have two big German shepherds in the back yard. If she'd been able to get to them, we wouldn't be talking at the hospital now.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgement dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me.
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I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried that to be hypocritically immortalized.
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I have always supported measures and principles and not men.
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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.
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I would rather be beaton and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
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I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.
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If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?
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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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Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.
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