I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; … - Davy Crockett

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What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

Davy Crockett

I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust [tree].

David, Horse, Locust, Ohio, Turtles, Wade

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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. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.

Country, Dog, Honesty, Negro, Brought, Man

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

Asked, Enemy, Long, Savage, Savages

Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.

Party, Hands, Looks, Arms, Look

You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas

Cowboy, Texas, Heck

Make sure you're right, then go ahead.

Ahead, Integrity, Make, Right