Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech.

In “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” which quotation best describes Patrick Henry's viewpoint about using diplomacy with the British?


A. “They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.”

B. “Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.”

C. “Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?”

D. “Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet.”