Memoirs of General Lafayette: And of the French Revolution of 1830, Volume 1Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden, 1833 - France |
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Page 126 - ... institutions founded on the rights of man and the republican principle of self-government. " No, Mr. Speaker, posterity has not begun for me, since, in the sons of my companions and friends, I...
Page 63 - ... pretenders, and to turn the machine of Jacobinism from the change to the destruction of order ; and, in the end, the limited monarchy they had secured was exchanged for the unprincipled and bloody tyranny of Robespierre, and the equally unprincipled and maniac tyranny of Bonaparte.
Page 62 - ... work on the amelioration of the condition of the people, until they should have rendered them capable of more, when occasions would not fail to arise for communicating to them more. This was as much as I then thought them able to bear, soberly and usefully for themselves. You thought otherwise, and that the dose might still be larger. And I found you were right ; for subsequent events proved they were equal to the constitution of 1791. Unfortunately, some of the most honest and enlightened of...
Page 33 - Every man is born with rights inalienable and imprescriptible ; such are the liberty of his opinions, the care of his honour and his life, the right of property, the uncontrolled disposal of his person, his industry and all his faculties ; the communication of all his thoughts by all possible means ; the pursuit of happiness and the resistance of oppression.
Page 90 - The army of the line, and the national guards, who have fought, and still fight for the liberty, the independence, and the territory of France have merited well of the country.
Page 34 - Government has for its sole object, the general welfare. This interest requires that the legislative, executive and judicial powers, should be distinct and defined, .and that their organization should secure the free representation of the citizens, the responsibility of the agents, and the impartiality of the judges. " The laws ought to be clear, precise and uniform for all citizens. " The subsidies ought to be freely consented to, and fairly imposed.
Page 42 - with the regret of not being able to nominate you their chief. They respect the constitutional law, though it checks, at this moment, the impulse of their hearts. A circumstance which must cover you with immortal glory is, that you, yourself, promoted the law; that you, yourself, prescribed bounds to our gratitude.
Page 24 - I have done no more than wish success to your cause. I now go to serve it. The more it has fallen in public opinion, the greater will be the effect of my departure. Since you cannot procure a vessel, I will purchase and fit one out at my own expense ; and I will also undertake to transmit your despatches to the congress.
Page 95 - The chamber of representatives will nevertheless continue their sittings in Paris, where the sovereign will of the people has called its representatives. In the present critical situation of affairs, the chamber owes to itself, to France, and to Europe, a declaration of its sentiments and principles. It makes the most solemn appeal to the fidelity and patriotism...
Page 84 - In the following letter, dated La Grange, May 20th, 1802, he thus addressed the First Consul : " GENERAL, — When a man, penetrated with the gratitude which he owes you, and too much alive to glory not to admire yours, has placed restrictions on his suffrage, those restrictions will be so much the less suspected when it is known that none more than himself would delight to see you chief magistrate for life of a free republic. The 18th Brumaire saved France, and I felt that I was recalled by the...