Patrick Henry

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Annotated) Patrick Henry

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, [1] at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Henry is credited with having swung the balance in convincing the convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginian troops for the Revolutionary War. Among the delegates to the convention were future U. S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and George Washington