Quote#Freedom
I am now here in Congress... I am at liberty to vote as my conscience…
Quote byDavy Crockett · 1786–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter (28 January 1834), reported in A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834), p. 113, final paragraph..
English (original)
I am now here in Congress... I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure. Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them!
— Davy Crockett
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