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read this excerpt from Patrick Henry speech give me liberty or give me death what is the main idea of the text

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Basic Human Rights are Enough to Die For

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Patrick Henry's congress speech with the infamous lines "Give me liberty, or give me death!" are a shout out to British oppression. At the congress, they were trying to decide whether to break free from British oppression. Patrick Henry's speech was all about how he would rather have and enjoy liberty even through death, instead of "bondage" while living. The main idea is that basic human rights are essential to truly live in society, while living in the opposite is life worse than death.

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