David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, fro...
A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big clearing in the West, with the dead trees all standing. Davy Crockett
A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big clearing in the West, with the dead trees all standing.
Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall. Davy Crockett
Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall.
Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice - a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess. Davy Crockett
Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice - a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.
The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. Davy Crockett
The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine. Davy Crockett
Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. Davy Crockett
I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel. Davy Crockett
Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.
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. Davy Crockett
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 I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth. Davy Crockett
If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth.
Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever. Davy Crockett
Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.
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! Davy Crockett
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!
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. Davy Crockett
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.