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

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

Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the first place, - formed no part of Lafayette's ….

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

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

Till the hour when the trump of the Archangel shall sound to announce that Time shall be no more, the name of Lafayette shall stand enrolled upon the….

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

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

Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except….

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

In the American colonies, the main problem of liberty has been solved, demonstrated and practiced in such a manner as not to leave much to be said by….

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 a….

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

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

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