Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 47
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Allred
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to make a real stand on principle and I have seen it done. Fred
Head, of Tyler, is one that comes to mind and there were many,
many of them of them. I remember talking to Fred about a particular
vote and he said, "Well, now there are a lot of people in this
particular group...I have forgotten which group was pushing the
bill...back home who are going to be very mad if I vote against
this bill, but doggone it, it just isn't right and I am going to
vote against this bill."
So a legislator makes a great stand on principle. The truth
of the matter is that the people back home seldom know about it or
appreciate it. This is quite often the case when you make a stand
like this: the folks back home don't know about it or care and
you still alienate the association or whoever was pushing the bill.
My feeling on it is that you have to live with yourself and you
have to sleep at night. Also, it makes it a lot easier to defend
your position on a bill if you voted your conscience. I don't
think anybody down there votes on any major bill without thinking,
"How can I defend myself to my opponent?" It is part of deciding
which side has the most merit and it is also that you know you
have got to placate the opponents as much as you can since you
voted against them. But you do it because you care and because
you feel like that it is right and it probably does your own mental
health some good even if it doesn't do your political health much
good. Some of us too, in musing about this, ended up forming the
Texas Association of Windmill Tilters referring back to Don Quixote'sdays. We awarded memberships to people who "went down in flames"
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/48/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.