Quote#Money & Wealth
We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own…
Quote byDavy Crockett · 1786–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the US House of Representatives on April 2, 1828, as quoted in The Life of Colonel David Crockett (1884) by Edward Sylvester Ellis..
English (original)
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.
— Davy Crockett
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