"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Patrick Henry delivered this speech on March 23, 1775 to the Second Virginia Convention at St. ... He uses emotional words such as hope, painful truth, engaged, and give me. ... He says that they are in a struggle for liberty and need to fight for it, "In this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous battle for liberty?" ...
Clever and witty writers such as John Adams and Thomas Paine relayed information, and support through their writings; conveying to not to give up. ... In his speech, "Liberty or Death," Patrick Henry declares, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ... -I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!... By saying things such as all men have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, he was declaring that all colonists wanted to be free from Britain, in a discreet and p...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.... "Give me liberty, or give me death!... At the end of the book Huck says, "But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. ... They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.... Nobody'll dare say to ...
One way that Americans can try to keep America free is to find out some of the bills in congress that give or take away freedoms. Following this they could tell their congressperson to vote on the bill in a way that would give Americans the most freedom. ... Just as Patrick Henry stated, "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. ... Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." ... I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!...
The literature these people have left behind, gives us some idea of just what their dreams were and how they either succeeded or failed in their quests for a better life. ... It was a great affliction to me to be ignorant of their natures, for I am very certain they are all valuable; specimens of them and of the plants I have preserved" (Columbus 108-109). ... After the death of the original president of Jamestown, John Smith took over in 1608. ... He said, "Heer nature and liberty affords us that freely, which in England we want, or it costeth us dearely" (Smith 252). ... In the Declar...
Thomas Jefferson, our icon of freedom and personal liberty, set the national policy toward Native Americans that would last for over one hundred years. ... Jefferson long after reflected on his early attachment to Indians, writing John Adams of his presence in the warrior-orator Outasette's camp on the eve of that Indian's journey to England: "The moon was in full splendor...His sounding voice, distinct articulation, animated action, and the solemn silence of his people at their several fires, filled me with awe and veneration, although I did not understand a word he uttered," Jeffer...
