Top 17 Quotes by 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.

Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about 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.

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!

Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

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.

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.

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.