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A T-shirt of Ren saying "Give me liberty or give me death!" (in Chinese) was presented as evidence of his guilt. [39] In the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China, a man in Chongqing was filmed giving a speech criticizing harsh lockdown measures, shouting "Give me liberty or give me death!" in Chinese repeatedly to the cheers of onlookers.
In 2020, signs attacking health regulations demanded, rather confusedly, “Give me liberty or give me COVID-19!” Protesters seeking to undermine a democratic election on Jan. 6, 2021, quoted Henry.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who famously declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
The (Revolutionary War) patriot, Patrick Henry, had it right when he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Spoken before the American Revolutionary War, Henry’s cry is one to which most ...
It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is famous as the location where American Founding Father Patrick Henry gave his memorable speech at the Second Virginia Convention, closing with the often-quoted demand, "Give me liberty, or give me death!
Give me liberty, or give me death! – slogan coined by Patrick Henry prior to the American Revolutionary War ; various versions and translations have been used around the world God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve – anti-gay slogan used by Christians who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds ; used by televangelist and Moral ...
The Libertines have inadvertently tapped into the human quest for immortality, which comes with living on the edge. Since they formed in 1997, the London four-piece has been as synonymous with ...
1775: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death by U.S. colonial patriot Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention. 1791: Abolish the Slave Trade, British Parliamentarian William Wilberforce's four-hour speech to the House of Commons. 1792: The Deathless Sermon, given by William Carey during the decline of Hyper-Calvinism in England.