Have you ever wondered if the current generation of young people has the resolve to defend our nation’s liberty?

Have you wondered if they have what it takes?

In a story up today at The College Fix, Christopher White asked a group of students the following provocative question: If the U.S. government were to end its unconstitutional surveillance state and warrantless spy programs tomorrow — and you were to die a month later in some sort of terrorist bombing — would you count your death as the justifiable price for freedom and liberty in America?

A surprising number of students said, yes, they would risk death to live free — echoing the famous cry of Patrick Henry.

For instance, Hassan Sheikh, a 26-year-old libertarian working on his law degree at Creighton University in Omaha said that preventing terrorism should not take precedence over preserving constitutional freedoms. “All across the #world…#our armed forces put their lives in harm’s way to protect our way of life. Why is it so ludicrous that ordinary citizens might give up the protections of domestic surveillance so that when our veterans return, they come back to the same America?”

Are you surprised to learn there are still young people who think this way?

Regardless of what you think of the NSA surveillance program, it is refreshing to hear so many students speak so frankly of the value of liberty.

Click here to read more students explaining why liberty means more to them than life.