“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”—Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Speech to Virginia delegates, March 23, 1775, St. John’s Church, Richmond, Va., urging them to vote for his resolution putting the colony “into a posture of defense...embodying, arming, and disciplining such a number of men as may be sufficient for that purpose.”
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