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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 ...
Of course, it is the Judeo-Christian concept, but it must be a religion with all men being created equal. [1]: 41 [a] In a 1981 article regarding the quote, Swarthmore College professor Patrick Henry concluded that the line meant that Eisenhower included other religious possibilities, such as a Buddhist democracy. [1]: 41
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!
Posters of Jesus holding an AK-47 assault rifle don’t really mesh with the Bible.
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Patrick Henry used the phrase in his last public speech, given in March 1799, in which he denounced The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Clasping his hands and swaying unsteadily, Henry declaimed, "Let us trust God, and our better judgment to set us right hereafter. United we stand, divided we fall.
Scotchtown is a plantation located in Hanover County, Virginia, that from 1771 to 1778 was owned and used as a residence by U.S. Founding Father Patrick Henry, his wife Sarah and their children. He was a revolutionary and elected in 1778 as the first Governor of Virginia .
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. Celebrate Irish pride with this collection of short, funny and catchy St. Patrick's Day quotes on luck, beer, gold and more.