The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quic… — Quoted

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“The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.”

Davy Crockett · Power

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Davy Crockett

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?

Money

Davy Crockett

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

Men

Davy Crockett

We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Money

Davy Crockett

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.

Failure