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Quotes from A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett — Davy Crockett

1786–1836 United States

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The whole book is my own, and every sentiment and sentence in it.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

I don't know of any thing in my book to be criticized on by honorable men.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

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.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me; for I had never read a page in a law book in all my life.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson, and follow him in all his motions, and windings, and turnings, even at the expense of my consciences and judgment. Such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Davy Crockett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.