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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
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Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson, Faneuil Hall, Boston (August 2, 1826)
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See also: "Live or die, sink or swim" (George Peele, Edward I, c. 1584).

 

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