Lafayette Quote on Liberty and the Clergy

„If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.“

Marquis de LaFayetteLafayette on the threat to civil liberties posed by the clergy—a historical quote about power and religion.
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Marquis de LaFayette (1757-1834) was a French statesman and general who served under General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.

This historical political quotation by Lafayette addresses the tension between civil liberties and clerical power.


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Lafayette quote about American liberty and the clergy

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was a French general and politician who played a major role in the American Revolutionary War, supporting the colonies in their fight against Britain and advocating for liberty and democracy.

Quote by Marquis de LaFayette about the threat to liberties by Roman Catholic Jesuit priestsCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"It is my opinion that if the liberties of this country – the United States of America – are destroyed, it will be by the subtlety of the Roman Catholic Jesuit priests, for they are the most crafty, dangerous enemies to civil and religious liberty. They have instigated MOST of the wars of Europe." Marquis de LaFayette
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Quote by R. W. Thompson about Jesuits and their influenceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"[The Jesuits] are the deadly enemies of civil and religious liberty. [The Jesuit General] occupies the place of God, and must be obeyed, howsoever the peace and welfare of the multitude may be imperiled, or the nations be convulsed from center to circumference. The society of Jesuits must obtain the mastery, even if general anarchy shall prevail, or all the world besides be covered with the fragments of a universal wreck! R. W. Thompson (Ex-Secretary, American Navy)" R. W. Thompson
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Quote by Orestes Augustus Brownson about Catholic church intentions in AmericaCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Undoubtedly it is the intention of the Pope to possess this country [America]. In this intention he is aided by the Jesuits, and all the Catholic prelates and priests. If the Catholic church becomes predominant here, Protestants will all be exterminated." Orestes Augustus Brownson
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Quote by Charles Chiniquy warning about Jesuits ruling the United StatesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"From that, the Catholic priests, with the most admirable ability and success, have gathered their Irish legions into the great cities of the United States, and the American people must be very blind indeed, if they do not see that if they do nothing to prevent it, the day is very near when the Jesuits will rule their country, from the magnificent White House at Washington to the humblest civil and military department of this vast Republic." Charles Chiniquy
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