Quotes by Marquis de Lafayette

About Marquis de Lafayette:

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War. A close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.
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Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

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

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

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When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.

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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

Author Bio

  • NameMarquis de Lafayette
  • DescriptionFrench general and politician
  • AliasesLafayette; Marquis de Lafayette
  • BornSeptember 6, 1757
  • DiedMay 19, 1834
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionOfficer; Politician
  • AwardsKnight Of The Royal And Military Order Of Saint Louis; Names Inscribed Under The Arc De Triomphe; Honorary Citizen Of The United States