Davy Crockett Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Be always sure you are right - then go ahead.”

“I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?”

“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.”

“The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.”