Personal motto, on the title page.
• Variants: Be sure that you are right, and then go ahead.
• As quoted in David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, who indicates that he also often used simply "Go ahead!" as a battle cry, and general assertion of determination.
• Unsourced variants: Be always sure you are right — then go ahead.
Be sure you are right — then go ahead.
Always be sure you are right — then go ahead.
• Variants: Be sure that you are right, and then go ahead.
• As quoted in David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, who indicates that he also often used simply "Go ahead!" as a battle cry, and general assertion of determination.
• Unsourced variants: Be always sure you are right — then go ahead.
Be sure you are right — then go ahead.
Always be sure you are right — then go ahead.
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I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!
— Davy Crockett
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!" in the context of "Personal motto, on the title page.
• Variants: Be sure that you are right, and then go ahead.
• As quoted in David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, who indicates that he also often used simply "Go ahead!" as a battle cry, and general assertion of determination.
• Unsourced variants: Be always sure you are right — then go ahead.
Be sure you are right — then go ahead.
Always be sure you are right — then go ahead." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Davy Crockett" (Quotes, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834): A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee (1834) Full text online, and downloadable PDFs)
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About Davy Crockett
David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.
About Davy Crockett
David Crockett (17 August 1786 – 6 March 1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.
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