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.
In her poem The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus created what stood for years as an American credo. The words of the poem were engraved on a bronze plaque hung in the Statue of Liberty museum 20 years after her death. To many, the verse expressed the governing U.S. attitude toward immigrants: welcome.