If the liberties of the American people are every destroyed,
they will fall by the hands of the Clergy.
-- General Marquis de Lafayette, 1789
they will fall by the hands of the Clergy.
-- General Marquis de Lafayette, 1789
Related:
- Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
-- Marquis de Lafayette, on the birth of the United State... - The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of
the republican model of government are justly considered.
.. deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.... - ACLU - American Criminal Liberties Unio
- Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait.
(In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.... - The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected
their interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately, and therefore they rise and fall together.... - Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
-- Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillave... - An idea is not responsible for the people who believe it. -- Don Marqui
- People would never fall in love if they had not heard love talked about.
-- Francois, Duc de La Rouchefoucald... - Emotion has taught mankind to reason. -- Marquis de Vauvenargue
