Lafayette Quotes

“In a world where liberty is in very short supply, there are worse heroes than a man who never stopped worshiping freedom.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“Lafayette never grew up.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“That Lafayette was a man of genius is a thought that cannot for a moment be entertained.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“United States, in 1825, was a real nation, with a booming economy, a sound currency, and good roads.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“Lafayette was the first foreigner ever to address Congress.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“This scenario, after all, was what he had always yearned for: immense popularity in a republican country, with no responsibility to go with”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“To practical people, Lafayette appeared not as the rallying point of the liberals, but as the Quixote of liberty”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“They had entered the great upheaval because all doors were closed to them and had come out of it with new fortunes and freshly minted titles. He had lost almost everything but not given up liberty.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“It became evident later that day that, when it came to revolutions, La Fayette was the only available expert.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“was no mean achievement to have given a Bill of Rights to a country that, until then, had never known any kind of freedom.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“The truth of the matter was, of course, that the new taxes would have fallen far more heavily on the rich than on the poor, but it is always easy to sway public opinion by announcing virtuously that the government is spending too much and that taxes must be cut.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“Americans thought of themselves as citizens of their sovereign states, not of the nation, and La Fayette was perhaps the only real American:”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“Of course, with the arrival of both Washington and General Lincoln, La Fayette had lost his command and was again the leader of a mere division,”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge the effects without attending to the causes.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“From that moment, the dull-witted young man vanished from memory, to be replaced by a bold and dashing figure.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“There were no peasants doffing their hats here; no one was exempt from paying taxes; all men, in fact, were born equal.”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette

“General John Pershing’s famous (if probably apocryphal) “Lafayette, we are here,”
― Olivier Bernier, Lafayette