"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 March 23, 1775, at St. John's C
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.
Portrait by George Bagby Matthews after Thomas Sully, c. 1891
William Wirt, c. 1832
The phrase appearing as graffiti in Hong Kong during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
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"Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it conveys an assertive ind
Give me liberty or give me death!
…Join, or Die. Live Free or Die Liberté, égalité, fraternité…
"Live Free or Die" on the New Hampshire state quarter
"Live Free or Die" in the state emblem
Live Free or Die, as seen in Edinburgh, Scotland
The motto Vivre Libre ou Mourir on the central monument of the Panthéon in Paris, which represents the National Convention