<P> "Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia . </P> <P> He is credited with having swung the balance in convincing the convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginian troops for the Revolutionary War . Among the delegates to the convention were future U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and George Washington . </P>

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