Author: Daniel Boone

Quotes

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

- Daniel Boone

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.

- Daniel Boone

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

- Daniel Boone

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

- Daniel Boone

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.

- Daniel Boone

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

- Daniel Boone

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

- Daniel Boone

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!

- Daniel Boone

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