If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news of her noble exertions in continuance… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The Emperor Napoleon, ascending gradually from his post of national magistrate to seat himself upon a throne without limits, seems to have wished to… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
In America there are none poor, and none even that can be called peasants. Each citizen has some property, and all citizens have the… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend.… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
One time, I was given an essay topic: to describe a perfect horse, whom the mere sight of the rider's whip would make obedient.… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
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