Liberty or death

Liberty or death, alternatively independence or death, is a slogan made famous during the independence struggle of several countries, notably the United States of America, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ireland, and Uruguay.

Liberty or death may refer to:

Patriotic slogans
  • Eleftheria i thanatos ("freedom or death"), national motto of Greece, derived from the 1821 Greek War of Independence
  • "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!", a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry near the start of the American Revolution
  • Independência ou morte ("independence or death"), motto of the Empire of Brazil (1822–89)
  • Libertad o Muerte" ("Liberty or Death"), national motto of Uruguay, taken from the Cisplatine War in 1825 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertad_o_Muerte
  • Sloboda ili smrt or Слобода или смрт ("freedom or death"), motto of the Serbian chetniks
  • Viața-n libertate ori moarte ("Life in freedom or death!"), a shout proclaimed in the national anthem of Romania
  • Свобода или смърт or Svoboda ili smârt a slogan used by the Bulgarian komitadjis
  • Ya istiklâl ya ölüm ("Either independence or death"), one of Turkey's national mottos.
  • Liberte ou la mort ("independence or death"), the national motto of the Haitian Independence movement (Title of the Haitian Declaration of Independence )

Other uses

See also
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