Marquis de Lafayette Quotes
May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette. Vol. 2, Saunders and Otley, 1837.
He persuaded many other rulers to join the Indian Union when India became Independent.
Maryland was the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, not doing so until March 1, 1781.
At the time sectionalism was extensive in America. Most Iowa and Northern families still remembered a relative who had been “killed by the rebels” in the Civil War. The South still resented the rest of the country. The East and Midwest had much better educated than the rest of the country. Most important, there was very little contact between Americans of different sections. Until the great Eisenhower initiative of a National Highway System sectionalism was common. Presidents were constantly trying to develop a national American spirit.
Each of the Dutch provinces and towns was relatively independent with no central or federal government that could organize or bring consistency to Holland. Each city and community had their own military with no common command, training, logistics, weapons or other common elements that the times began to require. The representatives from Rotterdam made this public declaration for a unified—federal—government.
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf-/, French: [lafajɛt]), was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.
