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Quotation from Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry
“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!”
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 5 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project)
The peroration and the most famous sentence of the Revolutionary era.
Citation: "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, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Paragraph 5 (Wirt reconstruction (1817), Avalon Project). (id give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death-q7)
Portrait: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry speech, Currier & Ives, Public domain.
