Posted on 03/23/2025 10:51:26 AM PDT by DFG
Today, we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech, which he delivered in the Virginia House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775. A speech had vision, courage, and foresight and should be ringing from the lips of statesmen and patriots today. Patrick Henry was a man of deep faith, so his remarks appeal to spiritual courage and trust in God as the foundation for fighting against tyranny.
Here are a few segments that are as applicable today as they were when spoken 250 years ago, particularly as we engage in what can be seen, through Donald Trump’s executive actions, as a Third American Revolution in the ongoing fight for liberty.
On the topic of freedom and slavery and having open debate:
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.
Over the last decade, debate was stifled, law-making was hidden from the public’s eyes, and the media obfuscated the truth. But it is a new day, and corruption is being exposed at every turn. We need to be bold and courageous and state clearly once again that our rights do not come from the government but from God—and that the purpose of government is to protect those God-given rights. Not doing so will result in a government that enslaves us.
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Good read. Thanks for posting
Nice. We should be marking these important events from our past until a major celebration on America’s 250th birthday.
This pretty much starts the official anniversary celebration. Paul Revere’s ride and Lexington/Concord coming up next month.
When he was done the whole class stood up and cheered (and ready to fight the British!).
I served aboard the USS Patrick Henry SSBN-599. That speech was on a plaque in the passageway outside the Wardroom.
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