# Patrick Henry Quotation.

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**Created:** [December 4, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-henry-quotation/475777 "2008-12-04T23:56:58Z")\
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> “Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

-Patrick Henry  
Where can I find the rest of his speech, + context?

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-henry-quotation/475777/2 "2008-12-05T00:06:30Z")

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If you don’t mind a site found through a Google search, try [this one](http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/henry.htm).

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-henry-quotation/475777/3 "2008-12-05T00:21:38Z")

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There is no extant copy of his speech. It was reconstructed in a book in 1817 by William Wirt, from the memories of people who had heard the speech.