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Quotation from Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry

“I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery;”

Patrick Henry

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 1 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project)

Portrait of Patrick Henry

Henry frames the debate over arming the militia as a choice of ultimate stakes.

Citation: "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery;" — Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 1 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project). (id give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-q1)

Portrait: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry speech, Currier & Ives, Public domain.

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