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 and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.
David Crockett, after being defeated in the 1830 congressional elections for opposing the Indian Removal Act.
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