Deep Thinkers Online - "Give me liberty or death - if it's OK with you."

Let's discuss the different ways that 'Liberty' is seen around the world. How did these views evolve, and where are they going?

Is there something more important than life itself?

Is there a 'hill' you're prepared to die on to defend a fundamental principle or belief.

Liberty is a value, not an instinct. It's hard won but easily lost.

Driven by apathy and complacency, are we allowing long-held freedoms to be slowly eroded away, one law (policy or international agreement) at a time?

The bigger the state, the smaller the citizen.

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." __Thomas Jefferson.

Our children will forget the freedoms we enjoyed, that our grandparents fought so hard to win.

On March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry delivered his Liberty or Death speech at the 2nd Virginia Convention.