--- title: "16 Lafayette Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Lafayette quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Lafayette sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/william-doyle-68265_family_lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-o_737487.png" --- > [ Lafayette saw himself as the protector of royalty; they \[the king and his family\] considered him its gaoler. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-doyle/lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-of-royalty-they-the-king-and/) [William Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/william-doyle-68265_family_lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-o_737487.png) > [158 Lewis Avenue between Lafayette and Van Buren, that was back durin days of hangin' on my bed-stuy block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-daddy-kane/158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-van-buren-that-was-back-durin/) [Big Daddy Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-daddy-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/big-daddy-kane-3344_avenues_158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-v_2651601.png) > [Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-park/silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-best-kept-secret-reservoir-of/) [Todd Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/todd-park-68811_aka_silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-be_1708404.jpg) > [“We’re immigrants. We get the job done. Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette me (at centre-stage)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/we-re-immigrants-we-get-the-job-done-alexander-hamilton-to-the/) [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_hamilton_we-re-immigrants-we-get-the-job-done-ale_722862.png) > [“No one has more resilience or matches my practical, tactical brilliance!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-one-has-more-resilience-or-matches-my-practical-tactical-brilliance/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/anonymous-1_hamilton-musical_no-one-has-more-resilience-or-matches-my_1173161.jpg) > [There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-moran/there-are-natural-and-imprescriptible-rights-which-an-entire-nation/) [Michelle Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-moran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/michelle-moran-12105_freedom_there-are-natural-and-imprescriptible-ri_1504045.png) > [For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-pavese/for-women-history-does-not-exist-murasaki-sappho-and-madame-lafayette/) [Cesare Pavese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-pavese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/cesare-pavese-1924_doe_for-women-history-does-not-exist-murasak_1271600.jpg) > [Till the hour when the trump of the Archangel shall sound to announce that Time shall be no more, the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquis-de-lafayette/till-the-hour-when-the-trump-of-the-archangel-shall-sound-to-announce/) [Marquis de Lafayette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marquis-de-lafayette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/marquis-de-lafayette-9735_archangel_till-the-hour-when-the-trump-of-the-arch_1634155.jpg) > [The elimination of force at all costs is Utopian and the new movement which has arisen in the country and of whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhagat-singh/the-elimination-of-force-at-all-costs-is-utopian-and-the-new-movement/) [Bhagat Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhagat-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/bhagat-singh-10375_cost_the-elimination-of-force-at-all-costs-is_3224479.jpg) > [“Lafayette was a splendid man...with a marvelous, self-depreciating sense of humor. He was, for example, balding noticeably when he reached an Indian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlow-giles-unger/lafayette-was-a-splendid-man-with-a-marvelous-self-depreciating-sense/) [Harlow Giles Unger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlow-giles-unger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/harlow-giles-unger-57502_humor_lafayette-was-a-splendid-man-with-a-marv_306991.jpg) > [Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the first place, - formed no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquis-de-lafayette/ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-understood-a-strong-desire-to/) [Marquis de Lafayette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marquis-de-lafayette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/marquis-de-lafayette-9735_ambition_ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-un_1756066.jpg) > [There are great jazz educators that I meet all the time. I met a guy named Paul Luchessi who has a high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-are-great-jazz-educators-that-i-meet-all-the-time-i-met-a-guy/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/jon-gordon-1655_blown-away_there-are-great-jazz-educators-that-i-me_952270.jpg) > [America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-stanton/america-has-joined-forces-with-the-allied-powers-and-what-we-have-of/) [Charles E. Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-stanton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/charles-e-stanton-164091_america_america-has-joined-forces-with-the-allie_1318368.jpg) > [Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/again-i-take-a-taxi-to-clichy-address-but-feel-that-i-do-not-want-to/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/anais-nin-288_addresses_again-i-take-a-taxi-to-clichy-address-bu_938721.png) > [Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/because-our-right-to-worship-freely-and-safely-that-right-was-denied/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/barack-obama-17_assembly_because-our-right-to-worship-freely-and_1961915.jpg) > [When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a big Zydeco…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-skarsgard/when-we-were-shooting-in-shreveport-me-and-a-couple-of-friends-went/) [Alexander Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-skarsgard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/alexander-skarsgard-8940_alligators_when-we-were-shooting-in-shreveport-me-a_179326.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lafayette/#itemlist", "name": "Lafayette Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lafayette saw himself as the protector of royalty; they [the king and his family] considered him its gaoler.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Doyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-doyle/lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-of-royalty-they-the-king-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/william-doyle-68265_family_lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-o_737487.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/william-doyle-68265_family_lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-o_737487.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/william-doyle-68265_family_lafayette-saw-himself-as-the-protector-o_737487.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lafayette saw himself as the protector of royalty; they [the king and his family] considered him its gaoler.” — William Doyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "158 Lewis Avenue between Lafayette and Van Buren, that was back durin days of hangin' on my bed-stuy block", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Big Daddy Kane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-daddy-kane/158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-van-buren-that-was-back-durin/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/big-daddy-kane-3344_avenues_158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-v_2651601.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/big-daddy-kane-3344_avenues_158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-v_2651601.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/big-daddy-kane-3344_avenues_158-lewis-avenue-between-lafayette-and-v_2651601.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“158 Lewis Avenue between Lafayette and Van Buren, that was back durin days of hangin' on my bed-stuy block” — Big Daddy Kane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Todd Park" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-park/silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-best-kept-secret-reservoir-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/todd-park-68811_aka_silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-be_1708404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/todd-park-68811_aka_silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-be_1708404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/todd-park-68811_aka_silicon-bayou-aka-lafayette-la-is-the-be_1708404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America” — Todd Park", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We’re immigrants. 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In him the passion was nothing more than a constant and irresistible wish to do good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marquis de Lafayette" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquis-de-lafayette/ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-understood-a-strong-desire-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/marquis-de-lafayette-9735_ambition_ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-un_1756066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/marquis-de-lafayette-9735_ambition_ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-un_1756066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/marquis-de-lafayette-9735_ambition_ambition-as-that-passion-is-generally-un_1756066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the…” — Marquis de Lafayette", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are great jazz educators that I meet all the time. I met a guy named Paul Luchessi who has a high school jazz program in Fresno. And Bob Athayde who runs a junior high program in Lafayette, California. And man, we walked into these schools and Paul Luchessi said, \"Jon is the composer of Paradox.\" A hundred or something kids started to applaud. \"What? You guys know that? 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