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Patrick Henry: “The Voice of
the American Revolution”

“Every great movement must have a variety of leaders to make it successful, and so it was with the American Revolution.

Thomas Jefferson was the philosopher of the revolution, Samuel Adams, the political organizer, George Washington, the military genius, and Patrick Henry, the orator.” ~Philip G. Davidson, Former President, University of Louisville

Patrick Henry (1736-1799) was an eloquent orator and motivational leader at the time of the Revolutionary War.

He was a great American patriot, a strong believer in citizens’ rights, and a prominent spokesman for independence from England.

Protesting against British tyranny, Patrick Henry is immortalized as the man who said, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” Supposedly the crowd then jumped up and shouted “To Arms!

To Arms!” Henry’s stirring speech thus became a rallying cry for the patriots.

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