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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Patrick Henry
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This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having single-handedly convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. In attendance were Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Reportedly, the crowd, upon hearing the speech, jumped up and shouted, “To Arms! To Arms!”
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This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having single-handedly convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. In attendance were Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Reportedly, the crowd, upon hearing the speech, jumped up and shouted, “To Arms! To Arms!”
(excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Agreed that everyone should read once. The power behind this speech is incredible.
(Or the most famous thing never said.)
Read in The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings of the Founding Fathers.
Summary: "Look fools. There's some peeps at the door with guns and handcuffs; just what the hell do you think they're here for? Rappin' wit' em ain't done shit
"...They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolu
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The moving and well written speech by Patrick Henry should be one that every American reads. It is stirring and builds right up to that famous quote,"Give me liberty or give me death."
Read bits and pieces of it through the years, but until today I have never actually read it all the way through. It
Henry the traditionalist
Henry's stirring and famous appeal to the house of burgesses is notable not only for it's magnificent rhetoric but also for Henry's conception of American liberty. Henry and the Virginians seem uninterested in creating a new order. They display a willingness to fight for the