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Patriotic slogans

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Eleftheria i thanatos ( el, Ελευθερία ή θάνατος, ; 'Freedom or Death') is the motto of Greece. It originated in the Greek songs of resistance that were powerful motivating factors for independence. It was adopted in 1814 by the , a secret organizati ...
'' ('Freedom or Death'), national motto of Greece * " Give me liberty, or give me death!", attributed to American Founding Father Patrick Henry in 1775 * The Culpeper Minutemen had "Liberty or death" on their flag *''Independência ou morte'' ('Independence or Death'), motto of the
Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...
(1822–1889) *''Libertad o Muerte'' ('Freedom or Death), national motto of
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
*''Sloboda ili smrt'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the Serbian/Yugoslav Chetniks *''Viața-n libertate ori moarte!'' ('Life in freedom or death!'), a shout proclaimed in the national anthem of Romania * ''
Svoboda ili smart ''Svoboda ili smart'' ( bg, Свобода или смърт, lit=Freedom or Death), written in Reforms of Bulgarian orthography, pre-1945 Bulgarian orthography: "Свобода или смърть" and before 1899: "Свобода или см ...
'' ('Freedom or Death'), a slogan used by the early Bulgarian revolutionaries. The same slogan was used by various regional Bulgarian
komitadjis Komitadji, Comitadjis, or Komitas ( Bulgarian, Macedonian and sr, Комити, Serbian Latin: ''Komiti'', ro, Comitagiu, gr, Κομιτατζής, plural: Κομιτατζήδες, tr, Komitacı, sq, Komit) means in Turkish "committee mem ...
later. * ''Ya istiklâl ya ölüm'' ('Either independence or death'), a national motto of Turkey *''Merdeka atau Mati!'' ('Independence or Death!'), a slogan / quote by Bung Tomo during the Indonesian National Revolution. *''Marşo ya joƶalla'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the Sheikh Mansur Battalion *''Volia abo smert'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of Ukraine *''Azatut'yun kam mah'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...


Other uses

* GNU General Public License#Version 2, nicknamed "Liberty or Death" * ''Liberty or Death'' (album), by Grave Digger, 2007 * ''Liberty or Death'' (video game), 1993 *''Freedom or Death'', a 1913 speech made by English militant feminist Emmeline Pankhurst * ''Independence or Death'' (painting), by Pedro Américo, 1888 * Troutman flag, with the words "Liberty or Death", used by the Georgia battalion during Texas revolution * "" ('Death or Liberty'), a quotation from the play ''
The Robbers ''The Robbers'' (', ) is the first drama by German playwright Friedrich Schiller. The play was published in 1781 and premiered on 13 January 1782 in Mannheim, Germany, and was inspired by Leisewitz' earlier play '' Julius of Taranto''. It ...
'' () by Friedrich Schiller


See also

* Give Me Liberty (disambiguation) * Socialism or Barbarism (disambiguation) *
List of national mottos This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bold ...
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Captain Michalis ''Captain Michalis'' ( el, Ο Καπετάν Μιχάλης) is a 1953 novel by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. In the English, German, and French translations (as well as many others) it is known as ''Freedom or Death''. The writer was influ ...
'', or ''Freedom or Death'', a 1953 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis * ''
Liberté, égalité, fraternité ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' (), French for "liberty, equality, fraternity", is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto. Although it finds its origins in the French Revolution, i ...
'', the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti *
Live Free or Die "Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it conveys an assertive independence historically found in American pol ...
, the state motto of New Hampshire, U.S. *
Join, or Die ''Join, or Die.'' is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the original publication by '' The Pennsylvania Gazette'' on May 9, 1754, is the earliest known pictorial representation of ...
* Samuel Sharpe, an enslaved Jamaican, who said "I would rather die among yonder gallows, than live in slavery." {{disambiguation Political catchphrases