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Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. "Give me liberty or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on ...
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.
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 Patrick Henry, as one of the Liberty ships launched today renews that great patriot's stirring demand: "Give me liberty or give me death." There shall be no death for America, for democracy, for freedom! There must be liberty, world-wide and eternal. That is our prayer—our pledge to all mankind. [2]
In March 1775, Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech delivered at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond helped convince delegates to approve a resolution calling for armed resistance. [7] In the face of rising unrest in the colony, Dunmore sought to deprive Virginia's militia of military supplies.
Give Me Liberty is a 1936 American drama short or historical "special" filmed in Technicolor, produced and distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by B. Reeves Eason.The short covers a short period of time in the life of Patrick Henry, leading to his speech before the Second Virginia Convention in 1775.
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