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It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees will be respected with such a scrupulous fidelity as will reduce to despair its enemies, hidden or avowed.
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"It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees will be respected with such a scrupulous fidelity as will reduce to despair its enemies, hidden or avowed."
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It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees will be respected with such a scrupulous fidelity as will reduce to despair its enemies, hidden or avowed. — Marquis de Lafayette

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Marquis de Lafayette was a Revolutionary from France (1757–1834).

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Who said "It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constit…"?
This quote is attributed to Marquis de Lafayette, a Revolutionary from France.
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Marquis de Lafayette lived from 1757 – 1834.