QuoteMemorizeAges 8–9 · The Storytelling Years
“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, 1775
Speech to the Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
Closing of Patrick Henry's speech urging Virginia to raise troops for the Revolutionary War. Spoken at St. John's Church in Richmond.
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