Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Do not let us despair of the cause of liberty: it is still dear to the hearts of Frenchmen, and we shall… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
My grand affair appears settled, for America is certain of her independence, humanity has gained her cause, and liberty will never be… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum. — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
In the American colonies, the main problem of liberty has been solved, demonstrated and practiced in such a manner as not to… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
I had displeased the jacobins by blaming their aristocratic usurpation of legitimate powers; the priests of all sorts by claiming religious liberty;… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The days of the revolution now give place to the period of regular organization, liberty, and prosperity, which that revolution guarantees. Thus,… — 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
