Give me liberty or give me death

Words from a speech by Patrick Henry urging the American colonies to revolt against England . Henry spoke only a few weeks before the Revolutionary War began: “Gentlemen may cry Peace, Peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field…. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

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Patrick Henry, the Virginia politician famed for his words “give me liberty, or give me death,” did not think his enslaved servants deserved the same deal.

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The 5,000 square foot exhibit will include rare artifacts such as Tupac Shakur’s handwritten 1992 essay “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” — in which the young hip-hop superstar found parallels between one of the best-known speeches in American history, a cry for freedom given by founding father Patrick Henry at the Second Virginia Convention, and the experiences of being a minority in the U.S.

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McWilliams writes that Patrick Henry — the Virginia-born Founding Father who famously uttered "Give me liberty, or give me death!" — criticized Jefferson's preoccupation with French cuisine to be "effete affectation that made him 'abjure his native victuals.'"

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"Several thousand neopatriots – some shouting 'Give me liberty or give me death!' – took to the streets in over 30 U.S. cities," the Christian Science Monitor reported.

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“Give me liberty or give me death,” he shouted, using the Chinese version of the American revolutionary battle cry.

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