Give me liberty, or give me death!

Used to indicate stark and unyielding refusal to submit to authoritarian measures or domination. Attributed to American politician Patrick Henry (1736–1799) from a speech he made to the Virginia Convention in 1775, calling for Virginian troops to assist in the Revolutionary War. Any number of alternative nouns can be used in place of "liberty" as a means of humorously or hyperbolically highlighting one's extreme reluctance to part with it. The government thinks it can censor our media, monitor our communications, and tax us to starvation without us putting up a fight. Well, I say to them, give me liberty, or give me death! I could never be a vegetarian. Give me bacon or give me death! No, Dad's not ready to try a streaming service yet. Last time I brought it up, he said, "Give me my cable channels, or give me death!"