Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero.
タグ: ambition, believe, step, life

"Marquis de Lafayette"の他の名言

I experience for the American officers and soldiers that friendship which arises from having shared with them for a length of time dangers, sufferings, and both good and evil fortune.
タグ: experience, time, good, friendship
Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty.
タグ: ambition, people, you, love
True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.
タグ: right, nation, true, people
Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.
タグ: hear, america, reputation, nothing
Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.
タグ: laws, clear, must, uniform
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