https://redstate.com/hogan/2010/07/04/we-must-fight-i-repeat-it-sir-we-must-fight/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:47:01 -0400<![CDATA[Erick appropriately posted the powerful words penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 earlier. As a graduate of Mr. Jefferson&#8217;s University, I am obliged to promote it yet again, of course. However, I have always felt the Declaration understandably but unfortunately overshadows the many steps that got us to that point. One of those, of course, was fellow Virginian Patrick Henry&#8217;s famous speech delivered at St. John&#8217;s Church in 1775. That speech is famous for the line, &#8220;Give me liberty or give me death,&#8221; and for good reason &#8211; but the speech in its entirety says so much more about the cause for freedom.]]>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:42:31 -0400<![CDATA[hogan]]>https://redstate.com/hogan/2010/07/04/we-must-fight-i-repeat-it-sir-we-must-fight-n35375