Liberty or death, Independence or death or similar phrases may refer to:

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*'' Eleftheria i thanatos'' ('Freedom or Death'), national motto of Greece * " Give me liberty, or give me death!", attributed to American orator Patrick Henry in 1775 * The

Culpeper Minutemen The Culpeper Minutemen was a militia group formed in 1775 in the district around Culpeper, Virginia. Like minutemen in other British colonies, the men drilled in military tactics and trained to respond to emergencies "at a minute's notice". Or ...

had "Liberty or death" on their flag *''Independência ou morte'' ('Independence or Death'), motto of the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) *''Libertad o Muerte'' ('Freedom or Death), national motto of Uruguay *''Sloboda ili smrt'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the Serbian/Yugoslav

Chetniks The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...

*''Viața-n libertate ori moarte!'' ('Life in freedom or death!'), a shout proclaimed in the

national anthem of Romania National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* '' Svoboda ili smart'' ('Freedom or Death'), a slogan used by the early Bulgarian revolutionaries. The same slogan was used by various regional Bulgarian komitadjis 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 Sutomo (3 October 1920 – 7 October 1981), also known as Bung Tomo (meaning Comrade or Brother Tomo), is best known for his role as an Indonesian military leader during the Indonesian National Revolution against the United Kingdom and th ...

during the

Indonesian National Revolution The Indonesian National Revolution, or the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during Aftermath of WWII, postw ...

. *''Marşo ya joƶalla'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the

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*''Volia abo smert'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of Ukraine *''Azatut'yun kam mah'' ('Freedom or Death'), motto of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation

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* 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 Emmeline Pankhurst ('' née'' Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, ''Time'' named her as one of the 100 Most Impo ...

* ''Independence or Death'' (painting), by Pedro Américo, 1888 *

Troutman flag The Troutman Flag was designed by Joanna Troutman. Joanna designed the flag when she was 18 years old and living in Georgia. The flag was white silk, with a five pointed blue star on it, with the words "Liberty or Death" beneath the star. Some ...

, with the words "Liberty or Death", used by the Georgia battalion during Texas revolution * "" ('Death or Liberty'), a quotation from the play '' The Robbers'' () by

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

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