好吧,首先,这句话,并不是他原创。原话“源于苏格兰裔美国人帕特里克·亨利一七七五年三月二十三日于殖民地维吉尼亚议会演讲中的最后一句:Give me liberty or give me death.”(百度百科)大家要明白,他只是强调自由的重要性,而不能真的按字面理解。“I know that you believe you
understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what
you heard is not what I meant.”-Robert McCloskey