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“If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by th…” — Marquis de Lafayette
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
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The days of the revolution now give place to the period of regular organization, liberty, and prosperity, which that revolution guarantees. Thus, when everything concurs for the pacification of internal troubles, the threats of the enemies of France must, in the face of the public happiness, appear even to themselves insensate.— Marquis de Lafayette