板いた垣がき死しすとも自じ由ゆうは死しせず

expression

Itagaki may die, but liberty never!

A famous quotation attributed to Itagaki Taisuke, founder of the Meiji-era Liberal Party, after a failed assassination attempt. Used to express unwavering commitment to freedom.

• 「板いた垣がき死しすとも自じ由ゆうは死しせず」は、自じ由ゆう民みん権けん運うん動どうの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな言こと葉ばとして知しられている。

  "Itagaki may die, but liberty never!" is known as a symbolic phrase of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement.