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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.

— Davy Crockett A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

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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 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.

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

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)

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