• The informal title of the speech delivered by Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, is Grant Me Liberty, or Give Me Death.
  • Today, the phrase ‘give me liberty or give me death’ remains one of the most famous to come out of the American Revolution.
  • Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington...
  • Henry’s words were not transcribed, but no one who heard them forgot their eloquence, or Henry’s closing words: “Give me liberty, or give me death!"
  • Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death. Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy...
  • Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
  • ...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, a Founding Father and a leader of the American Revolution, is famous for a 1775 speech in which he declared, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
  • He ended his famous speech with the equally famous quote, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”