We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living." - Meaning and context.">
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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 and in the January 1867 issue of Harper's magazine ("Davy Crockett's Electioneering Tours"), p. 606-611. Known as the "Not Yours to Give" speech. Though it may have expressed his attitudes on the issue, there has been dispute as to the authenticity of this speech as there is no known record of it prior to this 1884 work.
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We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.

— Davy Crockett

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living." in the context of "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 and in the January 1867 issue of Harper's magazine ("Davy Crockett's Electioneering Tours"), p. 606-611. Known as the "Not Yours to Give" speech. Though it may have expressed his attitudes on the issue, there has been dispute as to the authenticity of this speech as there is no known record of it prior to this 1884 work." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Davy Crockett

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.