One cannot use a term like slavery in the same sentence as freedom and not think that the two are meant to describe two different entities. Patrick Henry is trying to say that one can look at a situation one way, while another could look at in another way and the truth could reside with both or neither. If he does not speak out, a part of the truth will be hidden.
That ability to speak out is freedom. The other choice is slavery. Who else could he be talking about in 1775, but the British Government which was headed at that time by a mad man? [George the third].
The sentence you want is the one beginning "I consider it nothing less than ..."
