I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.
"David Crockett: The Man and the Legend". Book by James Atkins Shackford, p. 133, 1994.
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