David Crockett Quotes

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Robert Taft—A Leader Who Said Only What He Thought Was Right, And Had The Courage To Say It

I don't fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don't think it's particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous!

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I, I am my own woman. I have not been, quote, 'bred' to look the other way. I look at that man back there in the green room straight on, eyes wide open, and I look at him with an open heart.

I will not change my beliefs to win votes. I will offer a choice, not an echo.

It is better to die standing, than to live bending.

Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

My choices in life have been unconventional, and that's my business. But I do want to live responsibly and truthfully without hiding.

I think people are hungry for someone who will stand up on principle.

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.

One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth.

Playing nice isn't really something that's in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.