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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
And he wasn't standing on a gallows at the time, but in a church at a meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In fact his only involvement in the Revolution was to make speeches; he never served in a military role.
To make matters worse, it's questionable whether he ever said it at all. The only record comes from a biography written forty-two years after the fact, with no intervening documentation.
And by-the-by...
It's "due" respect, meaning something that is owed. "Do" means to perform an act.
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Good point. From all research done on the issue, seems he never said it.