Lafayette Quotes

“I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.
Damn it, Lafayette.”
― Lin Manuel Miranda

“I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.
Damn it, Lafayette”
― Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamillton

“What safety is there, in a country where Robespierre is a sage, Danton an honest man, and Marat a God?”
― Marquis de Lafayette

“Lafayette took umbrage - just gobs and gobs of umbrage - at the patriots' vilification of his countrymen for leaving Newport.”
― Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

“No one has more resilience or matches my practical, tactical brilliance!”
― Marquis De Lafayette from Hamilton: The Musical

“Life - hers and her family's - had become like a constantly twisting road and you never knew what fresh horrors might confront you around every bend; a road full of ruts and jolts. And sometimes you said you couldn't take any more jolts - but somehow you did. You took what came, and you took it with a stamina that you never imagined you possessed; but always you were tense, apprehensive, scared - wondering what was coming next.”
― Gladys Malvern, Patriot's Daughter: The Story of Anastasia Lafayette for teen-age girls

“[During World War I] General Pershing, commander in chief of our expeditionary forces, on arriving in France, officially visited Lafayette's grave, laid a wreath on it, and said, "Lafayette, we are here." By this, he meant that the Americans were eager to repay to France their debt of gratitude for what Lafayette had done for them during the Revolutionary War.”
― Hélène A. Guerber, The Story of the Americans

“I did not hesitate to be disagreeable to preserve my independence.”
― Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

“Everyone give it up for America's favourite fighting Frenchman
Lafayette!”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

“Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette!
The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!
I came from afar just to say "Bonsoir!"
Tell the King "Casse toi!" Who's the best? C'est moi!”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

“God save great Washington, Fair Freedom's chosen son;
Long to command.
Next in our Song shall be, Gaurdian of Liberty,
Louis the King
Terrible god of War.'
Lafayette sprung to his feet. 'Vive la France! Vivez l'Amerique! Vive George Washington!”
― L.M. Elliott, Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Friendship