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 annals of our race, high on the list of the pure and disinterested benefactors of mankind.

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

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

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

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

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 character. In him the passion was nothing more than a constant and irresistible wish to do good.

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