This time around the question asked for another quote from the famous Patrick Henry “give me liberty or give me death” speech. Possibilities include:
“Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.” (Paragraph 4)
“We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!” (Paragraph 4)
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” (Paragraph 5)
“Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.” (Paragraph 5)
Find the full text of the speech, as well as other important American history documents in Milestone Documents in American History. This is a Salem History e-Book. Primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary covering the Revolutionary era to the 21st century. You can access it with your library card via the library’s Research & Homework page (https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework). You’ll find it under M.
