Since some of you don't even know he said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

11/9/2008 9:29:39 PM

I think that I'd pick life over liberty.
Sorry, Mr. Henry.

[Edited on November 9, 2008 at 9:30 PM. Reason : effin' keys]

11/9/2008 9:30:28 PM

chembob, never said anything important so probably not worth too big of a mention

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

11/9/2008 9:30:38 PM

i thought it was ben franklin alright

they were probably friends at least

11/9/2008 9:30:40 PM

unfortunate

11/9/2008 9:30:47 PM

^^^^ Without liberty, what point is there in living?

11/9/2008 9:31:42 PM

ben franklin came into this thread to say "old"

11/9/2008 9:31:42 PM

haha

11/9/2008 9:33:50 PM

11/9/2008 9:35:25 PM

bottombaby, why?

am i to serve for naught that one would give up liberty for life?

11/9/2008 9:37:27 PM

st. johns church

i wonder if thats that orange lookin one off of i-95?


i just looked, its close to 95 but not the one im thinkin about

[Edited on November 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ]

11/9/2008 9:42:10 PM

LIVING HISTORY

11/9/2008 9:43:09 PM

patrick henry > patrick mchenry (douche bag fag)

11/9/2008 9:50:18 PM

john henry and all that railroad

11/9/2008 9:51:21 PM

When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his pappa's knee
Well, he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel,
Said "This hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord
Hammer's gonna be the death of me".

The captain said to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring that steam drill around
I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job
I'm gonna whop that steel on down, Lord, Lord
Gonna whop that steel on down."

John Henry told his captain
"Lord, a man ain't nothin' but a man
But before I let your steam drill beat me down
I'd die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
I'd die with a hammer in my hand."

John Henry said to his shaker
"Shaker, why don't you sing?
Because I'm throwin' thirty pounds from my hips on down
Just listen to that cold steel ring, Lord, Lord
Just listen to that cold steel ring."

Now the captain said to John Henry,
"I believe that mountain's caving in."
John Henry said right back to the captain.
"Ain't nothing but my hammer sucking wind, Lord, Lord,
Ain't nothing but my hammer sucking wind."

The Shaker said to John Henry
"I think this mountain's cavin' in!"
John Henry said to his Shaker,
"Man, that ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind! Lord, Lord
That ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind!"

The man that invented the steam drill
Thought he was mighty fine
But John Henry made fifteen feet
The steam drill only made nine, Lord, Lord
The steam drill only made nine.

John Henry hammered in the mountain
His hammer was striking fire
But he worked so hard, he broke his poor poor heart
And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord
He laid down his hammer and he died.

John Henry had a little woman
Her name was Polly Ann
John Henry took sick and went to his bed
Polly Ann drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord
Polly Ann drove steel like a man.

John Henry had a little baby
You could hold him in the palm of your hand
The last words I heard that poor boy say,
"My daddy was a steel-driving man, Lord, Lord
"My daddy was a steel-driving man."

They took John Henry to the graveyard
And they buried him deep in the sand
And every locomotive comes a-roaring by
It say, "There lies a steel-driving man, Lord, Lord
There lies a steel-driving man."

Well, every Monday morning
When the bluebirds begin to sing
You can hear John Henry a mile or more
You can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry's hammer ring.

11/9/2008 9:56:15 PM

If I had the choice between dying and experiencing life within the schema of someone else, I would just as soon keep on experiencing life. There are still good things in life and experiences to be had even without absolute freedom of choice.

11/9/2008 10:08:00 PM

11/9/2008 10:15:29 PM

Oh, come on. Who WOULD die if given that choice?

11/9/2008 10:17:17 PM

It's not about whether you would choose to die. It's about whether you'd be willing to die...

11/9/2008 10:18:31 PM

tyler hansbrough would be dying to will

11/9/2008 10:18:56 PM

i would rather die than give up my freedoms

11/9/2008 10:22:47 PM

11/9/2008 10:45:14 PM

thanks, parsons.

11/10/2008 8:53:50 PM

if freedom isn't free, why don't they call it costdom?

11/10/2008 8:57:03 PM

more like FEE-DOM

11/10/2008 9:12:07 PM

Got to love Iced Earth for this song.

Declaration Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6O0a7l5M44

A desperate situation
Forced to retaliation
The task ahead a burden
Men will suffer, that's for certain
We'll charge into the fire
The cause, we must inspire
We raise our fists to tyranny
A high price, freedom is not free

The odds are stacked against us
But with our resolve relentless
And arrogance their weakness
Our cause is just, we won't be beaten
Upon this declaration
Will come a brand new nation
Where men are seen as equal
Governed by and for the people

Chorus:
So we make our stand and pray
On this Declaration Day
For independence I will fight
With liberty I will defy
So we make our stand and pray
On this Declaration Day
Give me liberty or give me death
I'll fight till my last breath

WITH VIRTUE AS OUR BEACON
OUR CAUSE IS CHARGED AS TREASON
BATTLE WORN AND STARVING
THROUGH THE HELL OF WAR WE'LL KEEP MARCHING
THE BIRTH OF OUR NEW NATION
AN ACT OF DESPERATION
WE'LL FORCE KING GEORGE DOWN TO HIS KNEES
CAPITULATION

Chorus

11/10/2008 9:15:21 PM

"It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? 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.

11/10/2008 10:14:55 PM