Patrick Henry said ‘give me liberty or give me death.’ I think his famous quote makes it crystal clear that the Constitutional framework of this country values liberty as an essential element of life, worth dying for. If something is worth such a sacrifice, how can the loss of it be justified for the argument that it will make us safer to give up our liberty and our civil rights? Are we to tell the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of all the soldiers lost in foreign wars that it was all a big lie? That they died for nothing? . Kenneth Eade
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The famous American Revolutionary leader Patrick Henry said: "give me liberty or give me death." He was not suggesting we should die to get our freedoms, but rather to reject the idea of giving up our rights and liberties. This quote makes it clear that we should not give up on our own personal liberties and freedoms simply because we think it is safer and better for our nation. The power of liberty is too great to let go of at the expense of safety.

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