"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? . . . I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" March 20th, 1775, at the virginia convention, St. John's church, Richmond, virginia. "Caesar had his brutus, Charles the first had his cromwell, and George the third (INTERRUPTED by cries of treason)... if this be treason, make the most of it!" May 29th, 1765. At the virginia House of Burgesses, Williamsburg, virginia.