Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!'

Marquis de Lafayette

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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.

Olivier Martinez
- Good
- Important
- American
It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking our careers will come to a standstill, or worse, crash and burn if we aren't social media butterflies.

M. J. Rose
- Thinking
- Fall
- Easy
The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.

Adam Derek Scott
- Good
- Thinking
- Golf
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Samuel Johnson
- May
- Man
- Nothing
Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

Earl Wilson
- May
- Today
- Parents
Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'

Nathan Myhrvold