 | A counsellor at law - Belgium - 1831 - 426 pages
...into a frank explanation with the intended king, in the name of the people. 'You know,' said I to him, 'that I am a republican, and that I regard the constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed.' 'I think so too,' replied the duke of Orleans; 'it is impossible to have spent... | |
 | John Price Durbin - Europe - 1844 - 338 pages
...which immediately followed. The conversation is thus reported : " You kjnow," said I [Lafayette], " that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that ever existed." " I think as you do," replied the Duke of Orleans ; " it is impossible^ to have... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Kings and rulers - 1848 - 326 pages
...said La Fayette, at this time, to Louis Philippe, while holding his hand, standing upon the balcony, " that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed." "I think as you do," replied Louis Philippe. " It is impossible to have passed... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...the H6tel de Ville in Paris, while swarming thousands were gathered around, and said, — " You know that I am a republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed." " I think as you do," replied Louis Philippe. " It is impossible to pass two... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - France - 1868 - 714 pages
...thousands. It was upon this occasion that the marquis is said to have remarked to the duke, — " You know that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed." " I think as you do," replied Louis Philippe. " It is impossible to have passed... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...of universal freedom held the hand of the new candidate for the throne, he said to him : " You know that I am a republican, and that I regard the Constitution...of the United States as the most perfect which has ever existed." " I think as you do," replied Louis Philippe. " It is impossible to pass two years in... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - History - 1883 - 492 pages
...the accession of Louis Philippe as king of the French (ggK4, 726), Lafayette said to him, " You know that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that ever existed." He died, May 20, 1834. 2. Mario Jeanne Phlipon, afterwards Madame Roland, one of... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1889 - 78 pages
...continued throughout his life, as is evidenced by one of his latest sayings to Louis Philippe, " You know that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that ever existed." 485-487. General Greene was especially the hero of Eutaw Springs; Gates, of Saratoga;... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - France - 1889 - 282 pages
...myself frankly, in the name of this same people, to the proposed king. ' You know,' I said to him, ' that I am a republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed.' — ' I think as you do,' answered the Duke of Orleans ; ' it is impossible... | |
 | Alma Holman Burton - Adventure stories - 1898 - 102 pages
...understood what a government "by the people, for the people" meant. "You know," said Lafayette to the duke, "that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed.'' not be of that opinion. But do you believe that the French people are ready... | |
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that I am a Republican, and that I regard the Constitution of the United States as the most perfect that has ever existed. 
