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Patrick Henry's 1775 "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. " Give me liberty or give me death! " is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on ...
Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713. It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger) (95–46 BC), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty.
In 2020, signs attacking health regulations demanded, rather confusedly, “Give me liberty or give me COVID-19!” Protesters seeking to undermine a democratic election on Jan. 6, 2021, quoted Henry.
Give Me Liberty is a 1936 American drama short or historical "special" filmed in Technicolor, produced and distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by B. Reeves Eason.The short covers a short period of time in the life of Patrick Henry, leading to his 1775 "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech before the Second Virginia Convention.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
William Henry (1734–1785) was the son of John and Sarah Winston Syme Henry.William Henry lived in Virginia and served in the House of Burgesses.He was elected to the Assembly as a member from Fluvanna County.
The suspect in the bombing at the Santa Maria courthouse on Wednesday had a cache of weapons in his car and wanted to kill a judge, reportedly yelling “Liberty or death!” as he threw the ...
Give Me Liberty, a comic book mini-series by Frank Miller published 1990; Give Me Liberty, a 1936 book by Rose Wilder Lane; Give Me Liberty, a 2006 young adult novel by L. M. Elliott; Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, a 2008 book by Naomi Wolf; Give Me Liberty!: An American History, a 2004 book by Eric Foner