Give me liberty or give me death!
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"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quote said by Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775,[1] at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Henry's speech is said to have helped the convention change their minds to pass a resolution delivering Virginian troops for the Revolutionary War. Among the delegates to the convention were future U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hart, James D.; Leininger, Phillip (1995). The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 286. ISBN 9780195065480.
- ↑ "Patrick Henry and His Famous Speech". Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2014 – via iCitizen Forum. Excerpt from Aron, Paul (2008). "John Adams". We Hold These Truths. Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, in association with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. pp. 86–88.
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