Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
David "Davy" Crockettwas a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth17 August 1786
CountryUnited States of America
writing hands oysters
Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead.
party hands liberty
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.
party hands cuffs
Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.
hands pigs tails
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!
german hospital shepherds talking
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.
sure
Be always sure you're right, then go ahead.
independence liberty throughout time
Pop, pop, pop! Bom, bom, bom!/ Throughout the day/ no time for memorandums now./ Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.
elected man puppy rather
I would rather be beaton and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
acted buried fearless rather regret
I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried that to be hypocritically immortalized.
struggle flirting justice
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.
change men nations
Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
fall farewell land
Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall.
country dog honesty
I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.
strong ambition reality
It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical sense, but they may have such a strong political ambition that they blind themselves to reality.