Give me Liberty or give me death
As the British were gathering up the Navy and Army men and going to send them over to the colonies to further undove them Mr. Henry states in his speech, “we have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the thrown, and have implored it’s interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament.” This statement to his fellow Virginians was to remind them of how the King of Britain has total disregard for the colonies. Mr. Henry explains how these peaceful ways of disagreeing with the thrown was to meet with violence and total content. In light of these responses he simply states “If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long continued if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight!” As he is stating how Britain considers them weak and cowardly before a more powerful enemy. Mr. Henry says that we will not fight over battles alone. He also states that war is inevitable and to let it come because they shall not fight our battles alone. Mr. Henry boldly states to this convention, “There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. At the conclusion of this speech Patrick Henry ends this call to action with one of the most favorite quotes in history, “I know not what course other make take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”