What can I say, except that I really appreciate those amazing words from both Patrick Henry, and of course Zapata.
But there is also one other that when I first heard the complete version of this ran a chill right up my spine. It is from John Paul Jones.
Not a lot of people actually heard the complete account of this, so if don't mind I'd like to retell it here.
What happened was that John Paul Jones was caught napping,.. I mean literally was napping when his crew finally made him aware of their plight. But by then the British had already held the greater position as his ship then took a terrible pounding. So much so that the British captain then called out to him to surrender, saying, "If not for yourself sir, think of your men." And without flinching or taking a vote, John Paul yelled back,.. "My men are with me, and I have not yet begun to fight."
Imagine the kind of faith he had to have in his crew's loyalty to him. And with courage like that, no wonder they were so loyal to him.