When it came to initiating a war with Great Britain during the 1700's, I'm sure many liberationists and nationalists gave petitions to the head rulers of the time. Out of these declarations, Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" and Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" proved to be moving works of speech and influence. Although both petitioners write to the king in favor of a war for the democracy of Great Britain, both men had a distinct writing style in which they expressed their similar beliefs. After analyzing both works, I reached the conclusion that Patrick Henry had a much more persuasive speech to give. As Paine's "The Crisis" lightly expresses the country's need for freedom with lines such as,"Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon it's goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Yes, the desire for war is expressed, but in a much calmer manner. Pain mainly describes the consulate in which the people are living under, and how war is going to be a needed solution. On the other hand, Patrick Henry expresses his want for war in a much more powerful way. Using lines like, "We are not weak.....Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us," Henry strongly emphasizes the power of the force of the people, and how their last resort is war. Also, concluding the speech with the famous lines, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" really hits the spot.
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