liberty or death
Freedom or perish
Liberty or death is a rallying cry declaring that freedom is worth dying for—that life without liberty isn't worth living.
The phrase is most associated with Patrick Henry's 1775 speech before the American Revolution: Give me liberty, or give me death!
It expresses absolute commitment to a cause, rejecting compromise or surrender.
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
blood sacrifice · courage · tyranny · rebellion · martyr · defiance · independence · valor · resistance · glory · no surrender · oppression · battlefield · honor · blood · struggle · rallying · cry
- Mottoescarpe diem, be prepared, excelsior, always ready, sic semper tyrannis
- Patriotic Phrasesland of the free, home of the brave, stars and stripes, red white and blue, united we stand
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
- independencefreedom, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty, self-reliance
political stance on freedom
liberty or deathsubmission
Yielding to another's will
surrender · capitulation · slavery · servitude · subjugation
liberty, death, liberties, liberal, liberally, liberalism, liberate, liberation, liberator