Davy Crockett was the illustrious author of “Be sure you are right, and then go ahead.”
Andrew Jackson gave us “The Union—it must be preserved.”
Benton almost lost his original identity in “Old Bullion,” from his “hard money” doctrines.
Governor Throop, of New York, was called “Small Light Troop” for years, from a phrase in a thanksgiving proclamation.
Scott’s “hasty plate of soup” lasted his lifetime.
Taylor’s battle order, “A little more grape, Captain Bragg,” will be quoted after he is forgotten by “all the world and the rest of mankind.”
Seward is known for the “irrepressible conflict,” wherever the English language is spoken.
To Washington Irving we owe “The Almighty Dollar.”
Rufas Choate gave us “glittering generalities.”
Tom Corwin’s “welcome with bloody hands to hospitable graves,” gave him more unenviable criticism than any other saying in his life.