“I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocr...” — Marquis de Lafayette Quote

“I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.”

“An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.”

“The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.”

“Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested.”

“Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

“I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.”