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Marquis De Lafayette quotes: The Spaniards are slow in their motions but strong in their attachments.

The Spaniards are slow in their motions but strong in their attachments.

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

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

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society.

The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: The good fortune of America is closely tied to the good fortune of all humanity.

The good fortune of America is closely tied to the good fortune of all humanity.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.

All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty.

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 quotes: Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.

Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.

I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Charleston is one of the best built, handsomest, and most agreeable cities that I have ever seen.

Charleston is one of the best built, handsomest, and most agreeable cities that I have ever seen.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

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

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.

I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as

I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.

I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

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

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.

Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.

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 quotes: Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.

Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.

Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.

My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.

It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

Marquis De Lafayette quotes: True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.

True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.