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.
Quotations. I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! [Patrick Henry]. Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience [Isaiah Berlin Two Concepts of Liberty ]. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure [Thomas Jefferson]. Liberty is precious-so precious that it must be rationed [Lenin]. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it [George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman ].