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!

— Davy Crockett

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

— Davy Crockett

Be always sure your are right, then go ahead.

— Davy Crockett

I am now here in Congress I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure.

— Davy Crockett