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I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas.

— Davy Crockett Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836)

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Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.

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)

Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread,
The fallen — despised — will again go ahead.

Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836)

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)

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