The top 10 most inspiring quotes by David Crockett
- We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
- 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.
- I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle.
- I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and an education for their children. Government does not provide these as well as private charities and businesses.
- Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you’re right, then go ahead.
- I know not whether, in the eyes of the world, a brilliant death is not preferred to an obscure life of rectitude. Most men are remembered as they died, and not as they lived. We gaze with admiration upon the glories of the setting sun, yet scarcely bestow a passing glance upon its noonday splendor.
- I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me… Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.
- We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
- 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.
- I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
David Crockett (1786–1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, and politician, often remembered as “Davy Crockett.” Born in Tennessee, Crockett became famous for his larger-than-life exploits as a hunter and storyteller.
He served in the Tennessee militia and later as a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee. His political career was marked by his staunch opposition to President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policies, which ultimately cost him re-election.
Crockett’s adventurous spirit led him to Texas in the 1830s, where he joined the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. He died a hero’s death at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, where he and other defenders were killed by Mexican forces.
Crockett’s life and legacy were immortalized in popular culture through books, plays, and films, cementing his status as an enduring symbol of American frontier spirit.
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