EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Tax, whereas, EBITDA stands for Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization. Although, these measures are not the requirement of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), yet, shareholders and other investors use it to assess the value of a company.
1 Access to Original.  Title: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.
Then again it very well may be Ben Franklin who wrote since it echoes a similar thought he wrote in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1738 21 years before the above quote which states: Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.. Whoever it is that authored the famous quote of deserving neither liberty nor safety is less important than what it means. Freedom is not as tenuous as safety. Freedom or liberty is the ideal situation for all people, yet it is not so safe to be free.