Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Davy Crockett Quotes Click here for Davy Crockett books "I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog." "Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them!" "I am rejoiced at my fate. I had rather be in my present situation than to be elected to a seat in congress for life." "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." "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." "The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall." "I leave this rule for others when I'm dead "I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world." "Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." |
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