Government Quote by Marquis De Lafayette

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

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

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

If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

— Marquis de Lafayette

If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.

— Marquis de Lafayette

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

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

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

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

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

— Marquis de Lafayette

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

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