Talk:Give me liberty or give me death

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actually there is some doubt over the exact wording of the speech, and if in fact if it was given to the house of burgesses. you should look at the book "founding myths," for more information.

             Yeah, I read "Founding Myths" and apparently scholars are unsure if this was how he worded it.  Its a notable controversey IMO. SteelyDave 06:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


Do we really need this? Seeing as it basically copies wholesale from Patrick Henry?


wtf is "This quote is also very popular in speeches by Southern patriots."? changing 208.59.171.97 03:28, 23 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Frank Miller's Give me Liberty

How about mentioning that this quote inspired Frank Miller in his graphic novel Give me Liberty? I think it's the second page on the first issue and it even has Patrick Henry's name on it. airstrike 00:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Mentioning it here is the wrong way round: the quote is important to the graphic novel, not vice versa. It's already mentioned on Give Me Liberty. It should not be here, lest we end up with a great big trivia list of everything that somehow alludes to this quote (which is unfortunately rather common).
Aside from that, how do you know the quote "inspired" it? What if it just happened to fit the novel's theme as Miller conceived it? 82.92.119.11 00:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
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