Examples of Literary Devices in "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts.”

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience.”

“Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.

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” What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.”
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“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!”

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

“Give me liberty or give me death!” or “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne.” or “Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded”

“But when shall we be stronger? Shall it be the next week, or the next year? ” or “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?”

“There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged!”

“The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

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“We must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!”