Quote#Love
An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate…
Quote byGilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · 1757–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the Bailli de Ploën, as quoted in Recollections of the Private Life of General Lafayette (1835) by Jules Germain Cloquet, Vol. I, p. 24.
English (original)
An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas, and the truth of prophecy, has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover, and with the conviction of a geometrician.
— Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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