Marquis De Lafayette Quotes
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“I had displeased the jacobins by blaming their aristocratic usurpation of legitimate powers; the priests of all sorts by claiming religious liberty; the anarchists by repressing them; and the conspirators by rejecting their offers.”
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Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
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The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society.
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I can assure the Marquis de Chasteler that it is my unalterable determination never to set foot on any territory which acknowledges obedience to His Majesty the King of Bohemia and Hungary.
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
“Charleston is one of the best built, handsomest, and most agreeable cities that I have ever seen.”
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.
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— Marquis De Lafayette
Whatever may be my feelings of personal gratitude to the Navy of the United States, I feel myself under still greater obligations to them for the honor they have done to the American name in every part of the globe.
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
“It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.”
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— Marquis De Lafayette
“The Spaniards are slow in their motions but strong in their attachments.”
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
I am astonished but not discouraged by my enormous responsibility. Devoted both from affection and duty to the cause of the people, I shall combat with equal ardor aristocracy, despotism, and faction.
— Marquis De Lafayette
— 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. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.
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May these happy United States attain that complete splendour and prosperity which will illustrate the blessings of their government, and for ages to come rejoice the departed souls of their founders!
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
Though my conduct on the 10th of August 1792 was the act of my life of which I have most reason to be proud, I will here merely do homage to the worthy martyrs of the national sovereignty and the sworn laws, who, while they supported constitutional royalty, manifested the highest degree of republican virtue.
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We still are pestered by two parties: the aristocratic, which is panting for a counter revolution, and the factious, which aims at the division of the empire and destruction of the authority - and perhaps of the lives - of the reigning branch, both of which parties are fomenting troubles.
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Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.
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“All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.”
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“Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.”
— Marquis De Lafayette
— Marquis De Lafayette
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