I saw it Graffitied on some building on my way home today and thought it was interesting phrase
2006-11-28 06:29:07 · 14 answers · asked by teddyrockstar 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's been around since the American revolution. It's the official motto of the state of New Hampshire (USA).
The phrase comes from General John Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.
2006-11-28 06:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Live Free Or Die State
2016-12-15 08:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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It's someone who has a great deal of compassion. The "bleeding heart" part comes from "the bleeding heart of Jesus" which is a Catholic expression of Jesus's suffering in sympathy with the suffering of the world. Eugene V. Debs was a socialist and a presidential candidate who said: “Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” That statement is the very essence of bleeding heart liberalism.
2016-04-05 01:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What does the phrase "live free or die" mean exactly?
I saw it Graffitied on some building on my way home today and thought it was interesting phrase
2015-08-24 03:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by Court 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G'day RockstarTeddy,
Thank you for your question.
It is the official motto of New Hampshire. It comes originally from a letter from General John Stark apologising for not attending an anniversary dinner for the Battle of Bennington in 1809. Stark wrote as a toast sent through a letter "Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." Stark's toast was adopted in similar dinners and caught on. It was adopted as the state motto in 1945.
It echoes Patrick Henry's speech to the Chamber of Burgesses in Virginia.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
The next instalment of the Die Hard movies will be called Live Free or Die Hard
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2006-11-28 07:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
New Hampshire State Motto
2016-10-03 07:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by mccleery 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was used during the revolutionary war, on one of the flags at that time. It means what it says It is better to live free of die fighting for that freedom
2006-11-28 06:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by chr1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the state of New Hampshire's motto. It was originally coined during the revolutionary period. It means you should be willing to die for freedom.
2006-11-28 06:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by SalParadise07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its actually the state logo from New Hampshire, my state as a matter of fact, it means minial government involvement in peoples lives. There is a lot of personnal responcibility in New Hampshire and very little social services, the people there basically do everything for themselves instead of having the state Government basically baby everyone.
2006-11-28 06:40:20 · answer #9 · answered by Baghdad Pete ! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that death is preferable to being oppressed . It was made popular during the revolutionary war , and is the motto of New Hampshire . It has become part of the American way of life .
2006-11-28 06:42:54 · answer #10 · answered by Ray H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋